shkrumb
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Albanian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Albanian *iš-kruma, with a non etymological -mb-<*m (cf. Romanian scrum, from Albanian) from Proto-Indo-European *krem, attested in Latin cremō (“to burn”),[1] or from Proto-Indo-European *skremb, *skr̥mb (cf. Lithuanian skrembti (“to crust over, stiffen”), Swedish skrympa (“to shrink”), English shrimp). Compare also Romanian scrum (“ashes”).
Noun[edit]
shkrumb m (plural shkrumba, definite shkrumbi, definite plural shkrumbat)
Synonyms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shkrumb”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 423