pjetë
Albanian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Albanian *peta (“to be ruptured”), from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- (“to spread out; to fly”), related to Greek πετάννυμι (petánnymi, “to widen”), Latin pateō (“to be open”).[1] Possibly also connected to shpëtoj (“to save”), although unlikely.
Noun edit
pjetë f
References edit
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “pjetë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 331
Further reading edit
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “pjetë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 389