bërthamë
Albanian
Etymology
A compound of bërth, a variant of bathë + amë (“mother”), literally conveying the meaning of 'mother of the fruit'[1].
Noun
bërthamë f
- seed, core, nucleus
Related terms
- bërthamor
References
- A Concise Historical Grammar of the Albanian Language, V.Orel, Koninklijke Brill, Leiden 2000, p.23