lëkund

Albanian

Etymology

A lë- prefixed formation, from an unattested *kunda, from Proto-Albanian *kunda, related to Germanic* hutan 'to swing' (cf. Middle High German hutzen), and perhaps Lithuanian kuzdeti (“to tremble”), kùdulti (“to pull hair hair or beard”)[1].

Verb

lëkund (first-person singular past tense lëkunda, participle lëkundur)

  1. rock, swing, sway, shake

References
  1. A Concise Historical Grammar of the Albanian Language, V.Orel, Koninklijke Brill ,Leiden 2000, p.221
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