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Albanian
Etymology
Originally ‘snout’, from Proto-Albanian *skuntā, from *skuna (“take, pole”) (modern hu), close to or derived from Proto-Germanic *skuna, *skunō (compare Faroese skon, Norwegian skut (“projection, overhang”)).[1][2] More at hu.
Noun
hundë f (plural hundë, definite hunda, definite plural hundët)
- nose
- tapered protrusion; ship's prow, promontory
- (colloquial) spout
- (geography) cape, promontory, point
Derived terms
References
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “hundë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 152
- ^ Adam Hyllested, “Albanian hundë ‘nose’ and Faroese, SW Norwegian skon ‘snout’”, in Proceedings of the 23rd Annual UCLA Indo-European Conference (Bremen: Hempen, 2012), 73-81.