përkund
Albanian
Etymology
From për- + kund,from Proto-Albanian *kunda, related to Proto-Germanic *hutan (“to swing”) (cf. Middle High German hutzen), and perhaps Lithuanian kuzdeti (“to tremble”), kùdulti (“to pull hair hair or beard”).[1] cognate to Latin percutere (“to strike, beat”)and related to lëkund. More at lëkund.
Verb
përkund (first-person singular past tense përkunda, participle përkundur)
- to swing, to sway, to rock (cradle)
Related terms
- lëkund
- shkund
References
- Orel, Vladimir (1998), “përkund”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Cologne: Brill, →ISBN, page 221