djerg

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *derg-, from Proto-Indo-European *dherHg(h)-. Cognate to Lithuanian dìrgti (“to feel faint, faint”)[1].

Verb

djerg (first-person singular past tense dorgja, participle djergë)

  1. to be lying ill, to fall (down)

References
  1. Albanische Etymologien (Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz), Bardhyl Demiraj, Leiden Studies in Indo-European 7; Amsterdam - Atlanta 1997, p.131
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