djerg

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *derga/i-, from Pre-Proto-Albanian *dergamay, from Proto-Indo-European *derHgʰ-. Cognate to Lithuanian di̇̀rgti (“to feel faint, faint”).[1] [2][3]

Verb

djerg (aorist dorgja, participle djergë)

  1. to be lying ill, to fall (down)
  2. to lower, descend
  3. to herniate
  4. to melt away

References

  1. ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997), Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 131
  2. ^ Fjalori i Mehmet Elezit, page 361
  3. ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl et al. (2021), “djerg”, in DPEWA. Digitales Philologisch-Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altalbanischen [DPEWA. Digital Philological-Etymological Dictionary of Old Albanian]
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