jargë
Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *ergā, from Proto-Indo-European *her-(e)-ĝ-. Close to Old Norse argr (“bad, evil, coward”), Lithuanian aržùz (“lusty”), Avestan ərəzant (ərəzant, “bad”)[1].
Noun
jargë f
- spit, phlegm
References
- Orel, Vladimir (1998), “jargë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 157