gogësij
Albanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Albanian *gā̆gā̆-(ti-), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *gheh₂-(gheh₂-) (“to yawn, gape”). Cognate to Ancient Greek χάσκω (kháskō, “to yawn, gape”) and Lithuanian gagù (“to cackle”). An onomatopoeic root from gogës-, as a verbal basis for further Albanian verbal formations.[1]
Verb
gogësij (aorist gogësita, participle gogësirë)
Related terms
References
- ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 179