kërci

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Albanian

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Etymology

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Metathesized form of *kri-tsi, from Proto-Albanian *krū ̊, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱruh₂-s (“limb”). Cognate to Latin crūs (“shank, leg, limb”).[1]

Noun

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kërci m (plural kërcinjë, definite kërcyri, definite plural kërcinjtë)

  1. shank, (lower part of the) leg, shin-bone
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References

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  1. ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 224
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