endë

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ende"

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *and-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éndʰos (“sprout, germ”). Cognate to Ancient Greek ἄνθος (ánthos, “sprout, flower”) and Vedic Sanskrit अन्धस् (ándhas, “Soma, grass, herb”). A formation with umlaut of the root vowel from plural *andī̆.[1]

Noun

endë m (plural endë, definite endi, definite plural endët)

  1. blooming
  2. bloom
  3. pollen

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 166
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