liq

Albanian

Etymology

Singularized plural of *lik, from Proto-Albanian *lika, from Proto-Indo-European *leikʷ 'to leave, to remain'. Cognate Sanskrit रिणक्ति (riṇákti, “to leave”), Latin linquō, Old High German lihhan[1].

Noun

liq m (indefinite plural liqe, definite singular liqi, definite plural liqet)

  1. woof, weft
Derived terms

References
  1. A Concise Historical Grammar of the Albanian Language, V.Orel, Koninklijke Brill ,Leiden 2000, p.229
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