mbath
Albanian
editEtymology
editUncertain. Possibly a derivation in mb- from a verb from a Proto-Indo-European root *h₃ew-ḱ-, an extension of *h₃ew- (“to put on clothes”).[1] Alternatively derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰosós (“barefoot”),[2] though the -th would be unexpected.[1]
Verb
editmbath (aorist mbatha, participle mbathur)
References
editFurther reading
edit- “mbath”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][1] (in Albanian), 1980