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shparr

shparr

Albanian

Noun

shparr m (indefinite plural shparrë, definite singular shparri, definite plural shparrët)

  1. kind of oak
Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ Albanische Etymologien (Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz), Bardhyl Demiraj, Leiden Studies in Indo-European 7; Amsterdam - Atlanta 1997, p.365

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *spara, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)per 'spar, rafter'. Cognate to Latin sparus ‎(“short spear”), Old High German sparro ‎(“beam, girder”), Old Norse spari ‎(“id”)[1].

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