vathë
Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *a)uaϑā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes- (“to dwell, abide, pass/stay the night”). Cognate to Sanskrit वास (vāsá-, “sojourn, stay, spending the night”), प्रौष्ठ (próṣṭha-, “lodging”).[1] Alternatively from an unattested *vartë, from Proto-Albanian *wartā, close to Tocharian B wärto (“garten”), Irish fert (“grave mound”), Old English weorð (“yard”).[2]. According to Krzysztof Tomasz Witczak, it might be the source of Doric Greek ἀάνθα (aántha)[3]
Noun
vathë m (indefinite plural vathe, definite singular vathi, definite plural vathet)
- (sheep) fold, pen, cote (fenced area, in which the small cattle is herded together for the night)
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, page 412
- Orel, Vladimir (1998), “vathë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Cologne: Brill, →ISBN, page 496
- https://www.academia.edu/31212816/The_earliest_Alhanian_loanwords_in_Greek?auto=download