Albanian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Albanian *pistūnja, cognate with Latin spuō and Greek πτύω (ptýo).[1] The term could be a pë- prefixed formation from shtyj (to push).

Verb edit

pështyj (aorist pështyva, participle pështyrë)

  1. to spit out, smoke out, give off

Derived terms edit

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 324