lëkund

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Albanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Verb[edit]

lëkund (aorist lëkunda, participle lëkundur)

  1. to rock, swing, sway, shake

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “lëkund”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 221
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