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Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *tserma, a full grade of the root found in zero grade in surmë (“dark grey”), related to Lithuanian širmas (“gray”).[1][2] A derivative of thjerë (“lentil”) as “having the color of lentils” is also possible.
Adjective
thjermë (feminine thjermëe)
- ashy, ash-gray
References
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “thjermë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 479
- ^ Erat, Janez (2008) Etimološki slovar albanskega jezika [Albanian Etymological Dictionary] (in Slovene), 2 edition, page 112b