Albanian edit

Etymology edit

Compound of amë (mother) and vis (land, country, settlement), from Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ- (house, settlement) (compare Ancient Greek οἰκία (oikía, house (clan)), Avestan 𐬬𐬌𐬚 (viθ, royal court)), literally "mother of the house".

Noun edit

amvisë f (plural amvisa, definite amvisa, definite plural amvisat)

  1. housewife

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