zverk

Albanian

Alternative forms

xverk
xerk — Arbëresh

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *dis-warka, derivative of *wera (modern vjerr, var) + diminutive -ka.[1][2]
Alternatively borrowed from Gothic *swairhs.[3]

Noun

zverk m (plural zverqe, definite zverku, definite plural zverqet)

nape, occiput

Synonyms

(Gheg): shî

Related terms

vjerr, var

References

Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “zverk”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 526-7
Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian‎, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 173
Huld, M.E., 1994. “Albanian zverk - Gothic *swairhs”, Historische Sprachforschung, 107(1): 165-71

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