fishkët

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • fyshkët, vyshkët

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *spūška, cognate with Lithuanian pùškas (blister, fin, pimple), Latvian pusks (tuft).[1]

Adjective

fishkët (feminine fishkëte)

  1. withering, dry

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “fishkët”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 97