lëkund

Albanian

Etymology

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

lëkund (aorist lëkunda, participle lëkundur)

  1. to rock, swing, sway, shake

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