urdhë

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From udhë (“way, road”), from Proto-Albanian *uj́ā-, from Proto-Indo-European *uǵʰéh₂ < *weǵʰ- (“to move, walk”).[1] Cognate to Latin vehō, via, Old English weġ. Connected to erdha.[2] Close to Greek έρχομαι (érchomai, “come”), aorist ήρθα (írtha, “I came”), Middle Irish eirgg (“go!”), German ragen (“to rise”)[3]

Noun

urdhë f

  1. return
    "Nënë!" "Urdhëro!" (Tosk)
    (child) "Mother!" (mother) "Return!" (imperative, mother expects child to answer/speak further)
    "Nân(ë)!" "Urdh(ë)no!" (Gheg)
    (child) "Mother!" (mother) "Return!" (imperative, mother expects child to answer/speak further)
  2. answer

Etymology 2

Alternative variant of hurdhë. From Proto-Albanian *wurdā, from an earlier *urdā or *uordā, from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to boil, to burn”). Cognate to Old Armenian վառիմ (vaṙim, “to burn”), Lithuanian vìrti (“to cook, to boil”).[4] Compare also Romanian urdă.

Noun

urdhë f (plural urdha, definite urdha, definite plural urdhat)

  1. sort of white cheese

References
  1. Schumacher, Stefan, Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 239
  2. Schumacher, Stefan, Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 266
  3. Vladimir Orel, A Handbook of Germanic Etymology (Leiden: Brill, 2003), 300.
  4. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “urdhë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 487-8
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