çerdhe

Albanian

noun
Definitions
  • nest
  • (figurative) family home
  • day nursery, nursery school, daycare
  • burrow (of small animals)
  • (military) gun emplacement, gunners’ nest
  • (linguistics) word family
  • brood or litter of domestic animals

Etymology

Prefix from Albanian herdhe (nest) inherited from Proto-Albanian *škerdā.

Origin

Proto-Albanian

*škerdā

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