kaca-
Albanian
Alternative forms
- kaça-, kaci-, kaçi-, kacu-
Etymology
Uncertain. Likely akin to Greek κατσο- (katso-) and possibly borrowed from it.[1] Alternatively from kec, kac (“goat, lamb”).[2]
Prefix
kaca-
- A prefixoid denoting sharpness, roughness, abruptness and/or curvity.
Derived terms
References
- ^ Krimpas, P. G. (2021) “On the Modern Greek Origin of the Albanian KACA-prefixoids”, in Porta Balkanica, →ISSN, page 13
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “kacabu ~ kacabû”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 161