bjerr

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *ber-, from Proto-Indo-European *bher- 'to strew, spread; fall'. Cognate to Lithuanian ber̃ti (“to strew”)[1].

Verb

bjerr (first-person singular past tense borra, participle bjerrë)

  1. to lose, forfeit
Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ Albanische Etymologien (Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz), Bardhyl Demiraj, Leiden Studies in Indo-European 7; Amsterdam - Atlanta 1997, p.104
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