Albanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Albanian *(V)iōś-, from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₃s- (to gird). Cognate to Ancient Greek ζώννυμι (zṓnnumi, to gird) and Old Church Slavonic по-ꙗсати (po-jasati, to gird).[1]

Verb

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gjesh (aorist gjesha, participle gjeshur)

  1. to gird
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References

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  1. ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 299