zgrip

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Albanian

Etymology

A prefixed formation based on Proto-Albanian *gripa, cognate to Old High German krapfo (hook) and Old Norse krappr (narrow).[1] Alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *grep- (hook), from *gremb- (crooked, uneven), from *ger- (to turn, bend, twist), same root as grep (hook).

Noun

zgrip m (plural zgripe, definite zgripi, definite plural zgripet)

  1. side, edge, rim

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “zgrip”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 523