shpreh

Albanian

Etymology

Either from Proto-Albanian *iš-perakskā, related to eh (to sharpen), with a similar sense development in Latin exprimō and Proto-Slavic *vyraziti,[1] or from Proto-Albanian *spregska, an inchoative in -sḱ- from Proto-Indo-European *spreg- (to make a sound, utter, speak) (cf. Old High German sprehhan, Old English sprecan (to speak)).

Verb

shpreh (first-person singular past tense shpreha, participle shprehur); active voice

  1. to utter, voice, express

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. Albanian Etymological Dictionary, V.Orel, Koninklijke Brill ,Leiden Boston Köln 1998, p.431
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