vatër

Albanian

noun
Definitions
  • fireplace, fireside, hearth
  • (figurative) home, family circle
  • small plot of ground
  • (geometry) focal point
  • (anatomy) nerve center
  • (medicine) focus, hotbed
  • (mythology) sustainer of continuity between the world and the dead

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Albanian *ōtar derived from Proto-Iranian *ātr- (fire) derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₁ter- (fire).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*h₂eh₁ter-

Gloss

fire

Concept
Semantic Field

The physical world

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

火

Emoji
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