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Albanian
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin rēgem,[1] accusative of rex. Ultimately a doublet of rig.
Noun
regj m (plural regjër)
- king
- Synonym: mbret
Etymology 2
From Proto-Albanian *raugja, with an original meaning 'to smoke', thus related to Old Norse reykr and Old High German rouh (“smoke”).[2] Alternatively from Proto-Albanian *(e)reug-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewg- (“to retch, vomit”). Cognate to Ancient Greek ἐρεύγομαι (ereúgomai, “to belch, gurk”).[3]
Verb
regj (aorist regja, participle regjur)
- to tan (hides), to salt, to clean
References
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “regj”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 367
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “regj”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 367
- ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: ] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7) (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi