ndërroj

Albanian

Etymology

From *ndërr, from Proto-Albanian *anteros, from Proto-Indo-European *an-2 (“there, on the other side”). Cognate to Old Prussian antars, anters (“other, second”), Lithuanian añtras and Old High German andar (“other”). Alternatively, from Latin alterō with irregular change of the sonorant. [1]

Verb

ndërroj (aorist ndërrova, participle ndërruar)

  1. to change, substitute, alter
  2. to trade, exchange
  3. to malt
    Synonyms: këmbej, shkëmbej

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “ndërroj”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 285
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