barmë

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *bardzmā, derived from *bardza>bardhë "white", with a typical semantic pattern for the nomination of bark and bast. Compare Slavic *lyko "bast" from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“light, shine”)[1]

Noun

barmë f

  1. bast

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (1998) , “barmë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Cologne: Brill, →ISBN, page 18
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