zorrë

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *džārnā with long *ā < *ē, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- (“to swallow”). Close to Lithuanian žarnà (“gut”), Latvian zarna (“intestines”), Old Norse gǫrn (“gut”).[1] Alternatively from *ǵʰer- (“guts, entrails, bowels, intestine”).

Noun

zorrë f (plural zorrë, definite zorra, definite plural zorrët)

  1. bowel, intestine(s)

Synonyms

References
  1. garnō in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, V.Orel, Brill, Leiden Boston 2003, p.127
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