këthap
Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *ϑōp-, * ̊tśap-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh3-(i-) (“to sharpen”). (Indirect) cognate to Latin cippus (“pale, peak, point”). A formation with the prefix kë-.[1]
Noun
këthap m (indefinite plural këthapë)
- hook, claw
Related terms
- thep
References
- Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: Investigations into the Albanian Inherited Lexicon] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7) (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi