thinjë
Albanian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Albanian *θīniā, remade after the class of fem. ā-stems, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱyeh₁- (“dark(-coloured), grey”). Cognate to Old Church Slavonic синь (sinĭ, “dark blue”).[1]
Noun edit
thinjë f
- (gray) hair
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi