noçë

Albanian

Etymology

Unclear [1]. Possibly from an older *noshë, continuing Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s, *nh₂es, 'nose, nostrils', with the affricatization of the original final fricative (cf. çaj ~ shaj etc.). Semantically close to Old English nose, nosu (“ness, promontory”), Norwegian nōs (“muzzle, snout”).

Noun

noçë f (indefinite plural noça, definite singular noça, definite plural noçat)

  1. (anatomy) ankle
  2. snout, trunk (latter for elephants)
Derived terms

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (1998), “noçë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 300
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