hir
Albanian
/hiːɾ/
noun
Definitions
- kindness, favor, sake
- willingness, goodwill
- beauty, grace, charm, dignity
- (religious) heavenly grace
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Albanian *skīra inherited from Proto-Indo-European *sḱiH-ro- (dim, shimmer).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*sḱiH-ro-
Gloss
dim, shimmer
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- semisheer English
- sheer English
- sheerly English
- sheerness English
- supersheer English
- ultrasheer English
- schier German
- *sḱiH-ro- Proto-Indo-European
- nieszczery Polish
- szczerość Polish
- szczery Polish
- shere Middle English
- schir Middle High German
- përhiroj Albanian
- *skīra Proto-Albanian
- szczyry Old Polish