noçë

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Albanian

Etymology

Unclear.[1] Possibly from an older *noshë, continuing Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s, *nh₂es (“nose, nostrils”), with the affricatization of the original final fricative (cf. çaj ~ shaj etc.). Semantically close to Old English nose, nosu (“ness, promontory”), Norwegian nōs (“muzzle, snout”).

Noun

noçë f (plural noça, definite noça, definite plural noçat)

  1. (anatomy) ankle
  2. snout, trunk (latter for elephants)

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “noçë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 300
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