zhys
Appearance
Albanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Albanian *diš-ūd-tja, a similar formation to mbys, from Proto-Indo-European *wed- (“water”).[1] Alternatively, to be compared with Lithuanian žū́ti (“perish”), žudýti (“slay”), Latvian zùdu (“disappear, get lost”), zaudêt (“lose”), Middle Irish gúas (“danger, peril, jeopardy”).
Verb
[edit]zhys (aorist zhyta, participle zhytur)
- alternative form of zhyt
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Orel, Vladimir (1998), “zhys”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Cologne: Brill, →ISBN, page 527