blegërin

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *bleg ̊, from Proto-Indo-European *b(h)le- (“to bleat”). Cognate to Ancient Greek βληχάομαι (blēkháomai, “to bleat”).[1] Also compare Old Church Slavonic блѣꙗти (blějati, “bleat”), Old English blagettan, blǣgettan (“cry”). An onomatopoeic root, enlarged with the suffix -ëró/í-.

Verb

blegërin (aorist blegëriti, participle blegëritë)

  1. to bleat

References
  1. Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎ (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 104
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