hirrë

== Albanian == === Etymology === Uncertain; possibly: from Proto-Albanian *ksirā, cognate with Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšiHrám (“milk”), perhaps: both borrowed from an Asiatic substrate language, or further connected to Proto-West Germanic *hwaij (“whey”), from Proto-Indo-European *tkʷeyH-, *tkʷeHy-, from Proto-Albanian *skirā, cognate with: Old Norse skyr (“thick curdled milk”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut off”), Lithuanian kartùs (“bitter”), Old Prussian kārtai (“bitter”), ultimately of unknown origin, or Mantuan Lombard scaron (“whey”), perhaps ultimately borrowed from Messapic *skar- (“whey”), or possibly borrowed from Ancient Greek ὁρός (horós, “whey”), cognate with Latin serum (“whey”), Sanskrit सार (sā́ra, “curd, cream”), from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to flow”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hi.rə/ === Noun === hirrë f (definite hirra) whey Synonym: cik ==== Derived terms ==== hirraq hirrët hirrzë === References === === Further reading === Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997), “hírr/ë,-a”, in Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[2] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, pages 202-203 Oryol, Vladimir E. (1998), “hirrë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 149 Erat, Janez (2008), “hirrë”, in Etimološki slovar albanskega jezika [Albanian Etymological Dictionary]‎[3] (in Slovene), 2 edition, page 59