vathë

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Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *au̯aϑā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes- (“to dwell, abide, pass/stay the night”). Cognate to Sanskrit वास (vāsá-, “sojourn, stay, spending the night”), प्रौष्ठ (próṣṭha-, “lodging”).[1] Alternatively from an unattested *vartë, from Proto-Albanian *wartā, close to Tocharian B wärto (“garten”), Irish fert (“grave mound”), Old English weorð (“yard”).[2] According to Krzysztof Tomasz Witczak, it might be the source of Doric Greek ἀάνθα (aántha)[3]

Noun

vathë m (plural vathe, definite vathi, definite plural vathet)

  1. (sheep) fold, pen, cote (fenced area, in which the small cattle is herded together for the night)

References

  1. ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: ] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎ (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 412
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “vathë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 496
  3. ^ https://www.academia.edu/31212816/The_earliest_Alhanian_loanwords_in_Greek?auto=download
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