Cognate Set 8541 – Meaning: dog

IE-CoR reference form:
bushri
IE-CoR reference language:
Albanian: Arbëresh
Ideophonic:
no
Parallel derivation:
no
Found in clades:
Albanian
Found in 1 clade by 1 lexeme.
Language Lexeme Native script Phonetic Phonemic Notes
20   Albanian: Arbëresh bushri ˈbuʂɽi ~ Std. Alb. bushtër f., det. -ra 'she-dog, bitch; slut, whore' with dialectal loss of -t- in a cluster.Might be related to bisht 'tail', i.e. 'the one having a/been characterized by a tail', cf. Hungarian farkas 'wolf' < farok 'tail' +‎ possesive adjectives forming -as.
References
  • Orel, Vladimir: 43
    Cf. s.v. Alb. bushtër 'bitch' (f., pl.), adj. 'raging, wild', an early borrowing from Slav. *bystrъ. Cf. also for alternative etymologies proposed by others.