ënj
Albanian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Albanian *anj, close to Sanskrit अनीति (ániti, “blow out”), Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌽 (usanan, “blow out”),[1] from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁- (“to breathe”). Alternatively from Proto-Albanian *aidn(i)-, from Proto-Indo-European *Hoid- (“to swell”). Cognate to Old Armenian այտնում (aytnum, “to swell”), Old Norse økkr (“swelling, lump, growth”), Latin inguen (“groin, the genitals, tumefaction in the pubic region”).
Verb
editënj (aorist ënjta, participle ënjtur)
References
edit- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “ënj”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 91