degë
See also: dege
Albanian
Etymology
Multiple etymologies:
- From Proto-Albanian *dȫgā-, from Pre-Proto-Albanian *d(u̯)ōgā, from Proto-Indo-European *du̯oi̯gʰ(h₁)e-h₂- (“forking”), from older *du̯i-gʰh₁-ó-, from *dwi-.[1]
- Identical as above, but alternatively reconstructed as Proto-Albanian *dēgā- < Pre-Proto-Albanian *d(u̯)ai̯g⁽ʰ⁾ā-.[2]
- From Proto-Albanian *duaigā, from Proto-Indo-European *dwoy-, from the root *dwi- (“binary, consisting of two”). Cognate to Old High German zwig (“forking, crotch (of tree); bough, branch”).[3]
- From a root *deh₃gʰ- shared with Proto-Germanic *tōgô (“branch”).[4]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɛ.ɡə/
Noun
degë f
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | degë | dega | degë | degët |
| accusative | degën | |||
| dative | dege | degës | degëve | degëve |
| ablative | degësh | |||
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
References
- ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl et al. (2021) “degë”, in DPEWA. Digitales Philologisch-Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altalbanischen [DPEWA. Digital Philological-Etymological Dictionary of Old Albanian]
- ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl et al. (2021) “degë”, in DPEWA. Digitales Philologisch-Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altalbanischen [DPEWA. Digital Philological-Etymological Dictionary of Old Albanian]
- ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 125
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*tōgan- ~ *takkan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 519