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Albanian
Etymology
Metathesized form of *kri-tsi, from Proto-Albanian *krū ̊, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱruh₂-s (“limb”). Cognate to Latin crūs (“shank, leg, limb”).[1]
Noun
kërci m (plural kërcinjë, definite kërcyri, definite plural kërcinjtë)
- shank, (lower part of the) leg, shin-bone
References
- ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: ] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7) (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 224