thikë

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *tsikā, derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₃- (“to sharpen”), compare Armenian սուր (sur, “sharp; knife”).[1] Often considered to be the source of Latin sica.[2] Meyer (1891) considers a borrowing from Latin sīca (“a poniard, curved dagger”), but this is unlikely and outdated as Albanian was misunderstood as a Latin language.[3] Cognate with Sanskrit शा (śā, “to sharpen”).

Noun

thikë f (plural thika, definite thika, definite plural thikat)

  1. knife, dagger

Declension
Declension of thikë
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative thikë thika thika thikat
accusative thikën
dative thike thikave thikës thikavet
ablative thikash

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “thikë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 477
  2. Havers, Wilhelm (1984). Die Sprache. A. Sexl. p. 84.
  3. Meyer, G. (1891) “thikë”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 90
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