zorrë

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *dźārnā with long *ā < *ē, from Proto-Indo-European *gwher- (“to swallow”). Close to Lithuanian žarnà (“gut”), Latvian zarna (“intestines”), Old Norse gǫrn (“gut”)[1].

Noun

zorrë f (indefinite plural zorrë, definite singular zorra, definite plural zorrët)

  1. bowel, intestine(s)
Synonyms

References

  1. ↑ garnō in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, V.Orel, Brill, Leiden Boston 2003, p.127
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