dredh

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *drē̆δ-, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreǵʰ-. Cognate to Old Armenian դառնամ (daṙnam, to turn, revolve),[1] Gothic dragan (to draw, accumulate, take on), English drag.

Verb

dredh (aorist drodha, participle dredhur)

  1. to revolve, turn
  2. to rotate
  3. to wind
  4. to twist

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References

  1. ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: []] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 143