degë

See also: dege

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *duaigā, from Proto-Indo-European *dwoy-, from the root *dwi- (“binary, consisting of two”). Cognate to Old High German zwig (“forking, crotch (of tree); bough, branch”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dɛ.ɡə/

Noun

degë f

  1. forking, crotch (of tree), bough, branch

Coordinate terms

References
  1. 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 125
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