aftë

See also: afte

Albanian

Etymology

From aft from Proto-Albanian *aweita, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewh₁- (compare Ancient Greek ἀῦτμη (aûtmē) ‘breath’, Welsh awel ‘breeze’)[1], meaning to have will,to have power or breath to do something. Alternatively from Latin aptus.[2][3]

Pronunciation

(Tosk) IPA^(key): /aftə/, /aft/

Adjective

i aftë m (feminine e afta, masculine plural të aftë, feminine plural të afta)

able, proficient, skilled

Derived terms

aftësi

References

Albanische Etymologien (Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz), Bardhyl Demiraj, Leiden Studies in Indo-European 7; Amsterdam - Atlanta 1997, p.71
Topalli, Kolec (2017), “aftë”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 77
Stefan Schumacher & Joachim Matzinger, Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 2013), 211.

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[1] Albanische Etymologien (Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz), Bardhyl Demiraj, Leiden Studies in Indo-European 7; Amsterdam - Atlanta 1997, p.71

[2] Topalli, Kolec (2017), “aftë”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 77

[3] Stefan Schumacher & Joachim Matzinger, Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 2013), 211.