vangë

Albanian
Alternative forms
  • vãng, vankë

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *uang-, from Proto-Indo-European *wen(H)g- (“to be bent, curved”). Cognate with Lithuanian vìngis (“bow, crooking”), Old High German wankōn (“to shake, totter, stagger”).[1]

Noun

vangë m (indefinite plural vangë, definite singular vangu, definite plural vangët)

  1. (rim) wheel, felloe

References
  1. Bardhyl Demiraj, Albanische Etymologien (Amsterdam: Rodopoi, 1997),p.408
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