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Albanian
Etymology
Borrowed from South Slavic,[1][2][3][4] ultimately from Proto-Slavic *podъkova. Compare Bulgarian подко́ва (podkóva), Serbo-Croatian pòtkova／по̀ткова, Romanian potcoavă.
Pronunciation
Noun
potkua m (plural potkonj, definite potkoi)
- horseshoe
Derived terms
References
- ^ Meyer, G. (1891) “potkua, poktua”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, pages 349–350
- ^ Ylli, Xhelal (1997) Das slavische Lehngut im Albanischen (Slavistische Beiträge; 350), volume 1. Lehnwörter, Munich: Otto Sagner, page 185
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “paktua ~ patkue”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 313
- ^ Omari, Anila (2012) “potkua”, in Marrëdhëniet Gjuhësore Shqiptaro-Serbe, Tirana, Albania: Krishtalina KH, page 218
Further reading
- “potkua”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language] (in Albanian), 1980
- “potkua”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006