moshë
See also: Moshe
Albanian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom archaic motshë, from Proto-Albanian *mātusā, from *māti (“time”) (modern mot). Possibly lent Romanian moș (“grandfather”) after the changes of *-t(u)š- to *-š-.[1] More at mot.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmoshë f (plural mosha, definite mosha, definite plural moshat)
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- >? Romanian: moș
References
edit- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “moshë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 274