thadër

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *ϑat(Vr)-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₃-(i-) (“to sharpen, whet”). Cognate with Latin catus (“acutus, acute”) and Sanskrit शित (śitá-)[1].

Noun

thadër f

  1. a small double-edged carpenter’s tool with an axe and a chisel side

References
  1. Albanische Etymologien (Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz), Bardhyl Demiraj, Leiden Studies in Indo-European 7; Amsterdam - Atlanta 1997, p.391
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