erdha
Albanian
Etymology
Older ardh, aorist of vij. Rebuilt from 3rd pers. erdh, with i-mutation from *arði, from Proto-Albanian *ardze, with Osthoff’s shortening from earlier *ērdz-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁r̥ǵʰ-, weak perfective stem of *h₁erǵʰ- (“to go up, rise”).[1] Close to Greek έρχομαι (érchomai, “come”), aorist ήρθα (írtha, “I came”), Middle Irish eirgg (“go!”), German ragen (“to rise”).[2]
Verb
erdha (first-person singular past tense erdha, participle ardhur)
- I came, arrived
- I originated
Derived terms
- prejardhje
- ardhmje
- ardhës
Related terms
- ardhje
- vij
References
- Schumacher, Stefan; Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 266
- Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 259