djersë

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • dirsë (Gheg)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sweyd- (compare Greek ιδρός (idrós), English sweat, Italian sudore)[1]. For Albanian d < PIE *sw compare diell.

Noun

djersë f (definite singular djersa)

  1. sweat

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (1998), “djersë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 69
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