gërshërë

Albanian

noun
Definitions
  • scissors
  • shears

Etymology

Prefix from Albanian *shërë derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (cut, turn, bend, cut off, curve, divide, wrinkle, scrape, sever, shorten, split, dry, jump, move, in the sense of an enclosure, shrink, swing, part, skimp) borrowed from Latin *carsānia, caesus (cut).

Origin

Latin

caesus

Gloss

cut

Concept
Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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