Albanian edit

Etymology edit

From an earlier shërbenj (third person singular shërben), from Proto-Albanian *śerbi̯ɔnit, borrowed from Vulgar Latin *serbiō, from Latin serviō.[1]

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

shërbej (aorist shërbeva, participle shërbyer)

  1. to serve

Related terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Schumacher, Stefan, Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 192