dudë

See also: dude and dudé

Albanian

Etymology 1

Either an onomatopoeia[1] or from Proto-Albanian *dudā, from Proto-Indo-European *dheu (“to reel, dissipate, blow”). Compare Old Frisian dud (“anesthetization”), Old Norse doðna (“become insensitive”), Old English dydrian (“deceive”), dydring (“yolk”).

Noun

dudë m

  1. gum

Etymology 2

From Ottoman Turkish [Term?] (compare Turkish duda).

Noun

dudë f

  1. ripe blackberry

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (1998), “dudë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 78
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