kërrus

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *karnutja, based on a nominal derivative in -ut, related to Ancient Greek κυρτός (kurtós, “curved, bent”), Latin curvus (“id”)[1].

Verb

kërrus (first-person singular past tense kërrus, participle kërrusa)

  1. to bend (one's back)

References

  1. ↑ Orel, Vladimir (1998), “kërrus”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 184
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