vetëtin

Albanian

Etymology

Probably from an unattested *vetë, *vehtë - to blow (of wind), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”). Cognate to Serbo-Croatian vetar (“wind”), Ancient Greek ἀτμός (atmós, “vapour, steam”), Lithuanian vėtra (“storm”), and others.

Verb

vetëtín (aorist vetëtiu, participle vetëtirë)

1. (impersonal) to flash, strike (lightning)

Derived terms

• vetëtim

Further reading

• “vetëtin”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980
• Newmark, Leonard (1999), “vetëtin”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎^[2]