shkrumb

Albanian
Alternative forms
  • shkrum

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *iš-kruma, with a non etymological -mb-<*m (cf. Romanian scrum, from Albanian) from Proto-Indo-European *krem, attested in Latin cremō (“to burn”)[1], or from Proto-Indo-European *skremb, *skr̥mb (cf. Lithuanian skrembti (“to crust over, stiffen”), Swedish skrympa (“to shrink”), English shrimp). Compare also Romanian scrum (“ashes”).

Noun

shkrumb m (indefinite plural shkrumba, definite singular shkrumbi, definite plural shkrumbat)

  1. ashes, embers
Synonyms

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (1998), “shkrumb”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 423
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