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vrap

vrap

Albanian

Noun

vrap m

  1. running, race

Verb

vrap ‎(first-person singular past tense vrapa)

  1. to run
  2. to hasten, race
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References

  1. ↑ Vladimir Orel, Albanian Etymological Dictionary, s.v. "vrap" (Leiden: Brill, 1998), 514-5.
  2. ↑ “Indogermanisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch”, J. Pokorny, 1959, Bern : Francke

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *awa-rapa, derivative of *repa ‘to strip off, tear off’ (modern rrjep). For sense development, compare Greek ἔδρᾱν ‎(édrān) ‘ran away’, from δέρω ‎(dérō) ‘skin, flay’.[1] More at rrjep. Alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *u̯er-p 'to turn, wind'. Compare Ancient Greek ῥάπτω ‎(rháptō), Latin repens ‎(“sudden”), Czech vráp ‎(“wrinkle”), Lithuanian verpiù ‎(“to spin”), Middle English wrappen ‎(“to wind”)[2].

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