Wiktionary

shosh

See also: Shosh

Albanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Albanian *śēś-, from Proto-Indo-European *seh1i- (“to sift, riddle”). Cognate to Ancient Greek σα̃σις (sãsis, “sieve”). The sh- comes from ś- by regressive assimiliation, with the second -ś- of the next syllable. A loanword from the Greek cannot be excluded.[1]

Verb

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shosh (aorist shosha, participle shoshur)

  1. to sift, riddle

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 364
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