hekë

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • heqë

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *skakā, cognate to Lithuanian šòkti (“to jump, to dance”), Old Irish scén (“horror”), Proto-Slavic *skokь.[1]

Noun

hekë f

  1. agony (before death)

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “hekë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 144
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