degë

See also: dege

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *duaigā, from Proto-Indo-European *duoi-, from the root *du 'binary, consisting of two'. Cognate to Old High German zwig (“forking, crotch (of tree); bough, branch”)[1].

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dɛ.ɡə/

Noun

degë f

  1. forking, crotch (of tree), bough, branch

References
  1. Albanische Etymologien (Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz), Bardhyl Demiraj, Leiden Studies in Indo-European 7; Amsterdam - Atlanta 1997, p.125
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