vapë

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Origin disputed. Either from Proto-Indo-European *u̯ēp, *u̯ǝp (“to blow; to soar”) (compare Latin vapor (“steam”), Sanskrit वापयति (vāpayati, “makes blow”)) or from Proto-Indo-European *kēwp-, *kwēp- (“to smoke, boil”), (compare Lithuanian kvapas (“scent, smell, fume”), Latvian kvepét (“to smoke”), Gothic 𐌰𐍆𐍈𐌰𐍀𐌾𐌰𐌽 (afƕapjan, “to suffocate”), Middle High German verwepfen, Icelandic hvap (“dropsical flesh”))[1]. Alternatively from Old Italian vapa. If the word vohë is actually another form of the same word, the current proposed etymologies would completely be dismissed

Noun

vapë f

  1. hot weather

References
  1. “Indogermanisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch”, J. Pokorny, 1959, Bern : Francke
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