hë

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *skainai. Compare Gothic skeinan (skeinan), Old High German skinan (“to shine”), with a similar sense development to that of English 'in a twinkling'[1].

Adverb

hë

  1. now
Derived terms
  • hëpërhë

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (1998), “hë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 146
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