krye m (indefinite plural krerë, definite singular kreu)
Apocope of *krien, from Proto-Albanian *krānjā, earlier *krasnjā, from *ḱroh₂sn-i̯o-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱórh₂sr̥, singulative of *ḱr̥h₂ós ‘head’ (compare Dutch hersens ‘brains’, Greek κρανίο (kranío) ‘skull’).