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Albanian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Albanian *dœrə < *dwōrā, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwṓr (“door”). Compare Proto-Slavic *dvьrь, Sanskrit द्वारा (dvārā), Latin foris.
Pronunciation
Noun
derë f (plural dyer, definite dera, definite plural dyert)
- door
- (figurative) family, home, tribe
- (figurative) solution
Declension
Descendants
Etymology 2
Tosk; from Proto-Albanian *deuna, from Proto-Indo-European *dew- (“lack, fail”) (compare Icelandic tjón (“loss”), Ancient Greek δῠ́η (dúē, “misery”)).
Adjective
i derë
- (Tosk) bitter
- (Tosk) difficult, toilsome, fatiguing
References
- ^ Schumacher, Stefan, Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 224
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “derë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 60