regj

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *raugja, with an original meaning 'to smoke', thus related to Old Norse reykr and Old High German rouh (“smoke”)[1]. Alternatively from Proto-Albanian *(e)reug-, from Proto-Indo-European *h1reu-g- 'to retch, vomit'. Cognate to Ancient Greek ἐρεύγομαι (ereúgomai, “to belch, gurk”)[2]

Verb

regj (first-person singular past tense regja, participle regjur)

  1. I tan (hides), I salt, I clean

References

  1. ↑ A Concise Historical Grammar of the Albanian Language, V.Orel, Koninklijke Brill ,Leiden 2000
  2. ↑ Albanische Etymologien (Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz), Bardhyl Demiraj, Leiden Studies in Indo-European 7; Amsterdam - Atlanta 1997
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