gjak

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Albanian[edit]

Albanian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sq

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Albanian *ǵákə, from earlier Proto-Albanian *źak-, from Proto-Indo-European *sokʷos (sap, resin). Compare Lithuanian sakaĩ (resin), Ancient Greek ὀπός (opós, sap), Proto-Slavic *sokъ (juice).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

gjak m (definite gjaku)

  1. blood

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Schumacher, Stefan, Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 258