djerg

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *derg-, from Proto-Indo-European *derHgʰ-. Cognate to Lithuanian di̇̀rgti (“to feel faint, faint”).[1] [2]

Verb

djerg (aorist dorgja, participle djergë)

  1. to be lying ill, to fall (down)
  2. to lower, descend
  3. to herniate
  4. to melt away

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 131
  2. ^ Fjalori i Mehmet Elezit, page 361
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