Albanian edit

Alternative forms edit

  • llezNorthwestern Gheg

Etymology edit

From Proto-Albanian *və-dez with the prefix v(ë)-, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (to burn).[1]

Verb edit

dhez (aorist dheza, participle dhezur)

  1. to light, kindle

Related terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: []] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 286