Albanian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Albanian *džija, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷii̯ā. Cognate to Sanskrit ज्या (jyā, bow string), Old Church Slavonic жила (žila, vein, tendon), Greek βιός (viós).[1]

Noun edit

mzith m

  1. (anatomy) ankle

References edit

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian[1], Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 73