ënj
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Albanian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Albanian *anj, close to Sanskrit अनीति (ániti, “blow out”), Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌽 (usanan, “blow out”),[1] from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁- (“to breathe”). Alternatively from Proto-Albanian *aidn(i)-, from Proto-Indo-European *Hoid- (“to swell”). Cognate to Old Armenian այտնում (aytnum, “to swell”), Old Norse økkr (“swelling, lump, growth”), Latin inguen (“groin, the genitals, tumefaction in the pubic region”).
Verb[edit]
ënj (aorist ënjta, participle ënjtur)
References[edit]
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “ënj”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 91