moshë
See also: Moshe
Albanian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From archaic motshë, from Proto-Albanian *mātusā, from *māti (“time”) (modern mot). Possibly lent Romanian moș (“grandfather”) after the changes of *-t(u)š- to *-š-.[1] More at mot.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
moshë f (plural mosha, definite mosha, definite plural moshat)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- >? Romanian: moș
References edit
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “moshë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 274