ndrag

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • ndragem (Tosk)
  • ndragna (Gheg)

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *(a)n-draga, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrā́ks (“dregs, sediment”), likely of non-Indo-European origin.[1][2]

Verb

ndrag (aorist ndrag, participle ndragur)

  1. to make/get filthy, dirty
    Synonym: fëlliq

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 141
  2. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*dragjō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 99: “*dʰragʰ-ieh₂-”
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