gjedh

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Albanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Albanian *sada or *seda, deverbative of Proto-Indo-European *sed- (to sit) (compare English sit, Greek έδραι (édrai, seat), Romanian ședea). Çabej connects it to Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws (cattle).[1]

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Noun[edit]

gjedh m (plural gjedhë, definite gjedhi, definite plural gjedhët)

  1. cattle

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “gjedh”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 131