lakë

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Albanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Albanian *laukā, from Proto-Indo-European *lówkos (“clearing”), close to Latin lūcus (“sacred grove”) and Proto-Germanic *lauhaz (“clearing, open space”). Alternatively from Proto-Germanic *lakaz (“brook, river, swamp”) (cf. Old High German lahha, Old English lacu).[1]

Noun[edit]

lakë f

  1. defilé, valley

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “lakë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 211
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