kësen

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Albanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Albanian *kantšenja. Cognate with Old Norse (to torment) and Lithuanian kenkiù, keñkti (to damage, to harm).[1]

Verb[edit]

kësen (aorist kësen, participle kësenur)

  1. it hurts, aches
  2. to have griping pains

References[edit]

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian[1], Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 189