vjerdh

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *werdza, from Proto-Indo-European *wérǵʰ-e-ti, from *werǵʰ- (“to bind, squeeze”). Cognate with Lithuanian ver̃žti (“to constrain, lace”), Middle High German erwergen (“to scrag, strangle”), Latin urgere (“to press”).[1]

Verb

vjerdh (aorist vordha, participle vjerdhur)

  1. to instill desire
  2. to bring close, affectionate

Derived terms

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 432
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