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Where does “shkorre” come from?

shkorre (Albanian) comes from Albanian shqorra, from Albanian shqerr, from Albanian shkjerr, from Proto-Albanian skera, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.

shkorre (Albanian): bush, shrub; underbrush, scrubland

Definitions

  1. bush, shrub; underbrush, scrubland

Ancestry of “shkorre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albanianshqorra—
2Albanianshqerrto tear, rip; to scratch
3Albanianshkjerr—
4Proto-Albanianskerato tear
5Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth
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