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Related to or from Latin parentō (to sacrifice, revenge a death). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

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perëndoj (aorist perëndova, participle perënduar)

  1. to fall (from/per/off)
  2. to decline, pass
  3. to set (off)
  4. to lower, go down
  5. to end, finish
  6. to be over
  7. to raise off/out
  8. to close (eyes)
  9. to die (metaphorical when used with yll (star))
  10. to leave life (metaphorical when used with jetë (life); to pass over to afterlife)
    Perëndoi hëna.
    The moon declined.
    Yjet perëndojnë.
    The stars end. [before daybreak]
    Perëndoi ajo kohë.
    That time/era passed (is over).
    I perëndoi ylli dikujt.
    Someone's star has died.
    Lind e perëndon.
    Be born and going down (dying)

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