shkep

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Albanian

Etymology 1

From kep. Beside shqep, an Albanian formation with the intensive prefix sh-, from Proto-Albanian *skaipa. Compare Old Norse skífa (“to split”), Old Frisian skīvia (“to divide”)[1] and perhaps English shape.

Verb

shkep (aorist shkepa, participle shkepur)

  1. to hew, chisel, sew, stich

Etymology 2

A parallel form is shkrep, continuing Proto-Albanian *krepa (“body”), cognate to Sanskrit कृप् (ḱṛp, “shape, beautiful appareance”), Latin corpus (“body”), Old High German hrēf (“belly”). Similar sense development in Germanic (compare Gothic galeiks (“like”), from leik (“body”)).[2]

Verb

shkep (aorist shkepa, participle shkepur)

  1. to resemble

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shkep”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 419
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shkep”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 419
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