gdhend

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • gdhënt (Tosk), gdhênd (Gheg)

Etymology

From g(ë)- + Old Albanian dhend (Bogdani), from Proto-Albanian *denta, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰen- 'to beat, push' (compare Old Norse detta ‘to fall, drop’)[1].

Verb

gdhend (first-person singular past tense gdhenda, participle gdhendur)

  1. to trim, smooth out, plane (wood)
  2. give form

References
  1. Albanische Etymologien (Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz), Bardhyl Demiraj, Leiden Studies in Indo-European 7; Amsterdam - Atlanta 1997, p.175
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