shkrumb
Albanian
Alternative forms
- shkrum
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *iš-kruma, with a non etymological -mb-<*m (cf. Romanian scrum, from Albanian) from Proto-Indo-European *krem, attested in Latin cremō (“to burn”)[1], or from Proto-Indo-European *skremb, *skr̥mb (cf. Lithuanian skrembti (“to crust over, stiffen”), Swedish skrympa (“to shrink”), English shrimp). Compare also Romanian scrum (“ashes”).
Noun
shkrumb m (indefinite plural shkrumba, definite singular shkrumbi, definite plural shkrumbat)
- ashes, embers
Synonyms
- hi
References
- Orel, Vladimir (1998), “shkrumb”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 423