udhë

Albanian

Etymology

Disputed. Possibilities include:

  1. From Proto-Indo-European *uǵʰ-eh₂, from the root *weǵʰ- (“to bring, carry”),[1][2] whence also Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌲𐍃 (wigs, “way, road”).
  2. From Proto-Albanian *wadā, from Proto-Indo-European *wodʰ-eh₂, from the root *wedʰ- (“to beat, strike”),[3] whence also Sanskrit वध् (vadh, “kill, strike”).
  3. Akin or borrowed from Ancient Greek ὁδός (hodós, “way, road”).[4]
  4. From Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (“to lead”).

By some identified as the source of Ancient Greek οὔθα (oútha, “dust; way, road”).[5]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /uð(ə)/

Noun

udhë f (plural udhë, definite udha, definite plural udhët)

  1. way, road
    Synonym: rrugë

Declension
Declension of udhë
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative udhë udhë udha udhët
accusative udhën
dative udhe udhëve udhës udhëvet
ablative udhësh

Derived terms

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. Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎ (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 400
  3. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “udhë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 482–483
  4. Mann, Stuart E. (1977) An Albanian Historical Grammar‎, Hamburg: Helmut Buske Verlag, →ISBN, page 112
  5. Krzysztof Tomasz Witczak (2016) “The earliest Albanian loanwords in Greek”, in lnternational Conference on Language Contact in the Balkans and Asia Minor‎, page 41
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