FromProto-Albanian*darja(“pig”), from*ǵʰóryos(“pig”) (compareGreekχοίρος(choíros,“id”)), fromProto-Indo-European*ǵʰḗr(“hedgehog”), from*ǵʰer-(“to be excited, bristly”) (compareLatinhorrere(“to bristle, tremble”)).[2][3]
Perhaps the source of the name of the Illyrian tribeDeuri.
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | derr | derri | derra | derrat |
| accusative | derrin | |||
| dative | derri | derrit | derrave | derrave |
| ablative | derrash | |||