vathë

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *a)uaϑā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes- (“to dwell, abide, pass/stay the night”). Cognate to Sanskrit वास (vāsá-, “sojourn, stay, spending the night”), प्रौष्ठ (próṣṭha-, “lodging”).[1] Alternatively from an unattested *vartë, from Proto-Albanian *wartā, close to Tocharian B wärto (“garten”), Irish fert (“grave mound”), Old English weorð (“yard”).[2] According to Krzysztof Tomasz Witczak, it might be the source of Doric Greek ἀάνθα (aántha)[3]

Noun

vathë m (plural vathe, definite vathi, definite plural vathet)

  1. (sheep) fold, pen, cote (fenced area, in which the small cattle is herded together for the night)

References
  1. Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎ (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 412
  2. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “vathë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 496
  3. https://www.academia.edu/31212816/The_earliest_Alhanian_loanwords_in_Greek?auto=download
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