noçë
Albanian
Etymology
Unclear [1]. Possibly from an older *noshë, continuing Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s, *nh₂es, 'nose, nostrils', with the affricatization of the original final fricative (cf. çaj ~ shaj etc.). Semantically close to Old English nose, nosu (“ness, promontory”), Norwegian nōs (“muzzle, snout”).
Noun
noçë f (indefinite plural noça, definite singular noça, definite plural noçat)
- (anatomy) ankle
- snout, trunk (latter for elephants)
Derived terms
- noçkë
References
- Orel, Vladimir (1998), “noçë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 300