ngordh
Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *kār(i)da, from Proto-Indo-European *kēr dhē 'to take a root', hence 'to stiffen'[1]. Alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *ĝher- 'to yearn for'. Compare Old Norse grāðr (“greed, lust, hunger”), Gothic grēdus (grēdus, “hunger”), Middle Irish grad (“love”), Latin grātum. Originally meaning 'to starve, die of hunger'.
Verb
ngordh (first-person singular past tense ngordha, participle ngordhur)
- I die (for animals only), to stiffen, strangle, kill
- I crave for
Related terms
- vdes
- vdekje
References
- A Concise Historical Grammar of the Albanian Language, V.Orel, Koninklijke Brill ,Leiden 2000, p.296