thikë

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *tsikā, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱẽi 'to sharpen'. Compare Armenian սուր (sur, “sharp; knife”)[1]. Compare Illyrian sika. Thought to be the source of Latin sica (“dagger”). Also compare German Degen, Old Armenian դակու (daku, “adze, axe”).

Noun

thikë f (indefinite plural thika, definite singular thika, definite plural thikat)

  1. knife, dagger

References
  1. Albanian Etymological Dictionary, V.Orel, Koninklijke Brill ,Leiden Boston Köln 1998, p.477
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