derr
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Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *darja (“pig”), from *ǵʰóryos (“pig”) (compare Greek χοίρος (choíros, “id”)), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰḗr (“hedgehog”), from *ǵʰer- (“to be excited, bristly”) (compare Latin horrere (“to bristle, tremble”)).[2][3]
Perhaps the source of the name of the Illyrian tribe Deuri.
Pronunciation
Noun
derr m (plural derra)
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References
- Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “derr”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 61
- Bardhyl Demiraj, Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz (Amsterdam: Rodopoi, 1997), 131–2.
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