dhjes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Albanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Albanian *dzetša, from earlier *dzedtja,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰed-i̯e/o-, from *ǵʰed- (“to defecate”). Compare Ancient Greek χέζω (khézō), Sanskrit हदति (hadati). Alternatively, Matzinger reconstructs *ȷ́edi̯ō.[2]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
dhjes (first-person singular past tense dhjeva, participle dhjerë)
Related terms[edit]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (1998) , “dhjes”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Cologne: Brill, →ISBN, page 83
- ^ Schumacher, Stefan; Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 236