Cognate Set 7942 – Meaning: ant

IE-CoR reference form:
bubrrec
IE-CoR reference language:
Albanian: Gheg
Ideophonic:
no
Parallel derivation:
no
Loan event:
yes
Parallel loan event:
no
Loan source language:
Romanian
Source lexeme in loan source language:
buburuză
Loan notes:
'ladybug'
Justification:
Loan from Romanian.
Found in clades:
Albanian
Found in 1 clade by 1 lexeme.
Language Lexeme Native script Phonetic Phonemic Notes
18   Albanian: Gheg bubrrec also buburrecë, buburdhecë, buburiçkë; boboricë, boboreshë and in other varieties with the meaning 'cockroach'.Most similar looks Romanian buburuză 'ladybug', cf. for similar Romanian - Albanian isoglosses of words containing a deminutive suffix -ză ~ -zë [~cë]: coacăză 'currant' ~ kokëzë 'little head', pupăză ~ pupëzë 'hoopoe'