vithe

See also: vi thể and vì thế

Albanian

Etymology

A diminutive in -th, based on Proto-Albanian *wīja (“twisted, woven”), from *weh₁yos (“twisted”), ultimately from *weh₁y- (“to twist, to twine”).[1] Cognate to Latin vīeō, Sanskrit व्ययति (vyáyati), Lithuanian výti, Proto-Slavic *viti.

Noun

vithe f (plural vithe, definite vithja, definite plural vithet)

  1. crupper, rump, buttock, haunch

Declension

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Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “vithe”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 510
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