gjedh

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *sada or *seda, deverbative of Proto-Indo-European *sed- ‘to sit’ (compare English sit, Greek έδραι (édrai) ‘seat’, Romanian ședea). Çabej connects it to Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws (“cattle”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɟɛð]

Noun

gjedh m (indefinite plural gjedhë, definite singular gjedhi, definite plural gjedhët)

  1. cattle

Derived terms

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (1998), “gjedh”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 131
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