vithe

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Albanian

Etymology

A diminutive in -th, based on Proto-Albanian *wīja (twisted, woven), from *weh₁yos (twisted), ultimately from *weh₁y- (to twist, to twine). Cognate to Latin vīeō, Sanskrit वयति (váyati), Lithuanian výti, Proto-Slavic *viti.[1]

Noun

vithe f (plural vithe, definite vithja, definite plural vithet)

  1. crupper, rump, buttock, haunch

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “vithe”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 510