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Albanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
According to Jokl, Tagliavini, Çabej a cognate to Proto-Slavic *mora (“nightmare”) / Ancient Greek μέριμνα (mérimna, “trouble, thought, uneasiness”).
According to Orel borrowed from Latin timōrem.
Noun
tmerr m (plural tmerre, definite tmerri, definite plural tmerret)
- terror, dread
- horror, something causing terror
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References
- ^ Jokl, Norbert (1911) Studien zur albanesischen Etymologie und Wortbildung (Sitzungsberichte der Philosophisch-Historischen Klasse der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften; 168) (in German), Vienna: A. Hölder, page 146
- ^ Çabej, Eqrem (1976) “tmerr”, in Studime Gjuhësore II, Studime Etimologjike në Fushë të Shqipes, Prishtinë: Rilindja, pages 187-189
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “tmerr”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 458