gjizë

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • gjîzë (Gheg)

Etymology

Either (1) from *gjir- (as in Arvanitic ngjiris ‘to make curdle’) + collective -zë, from Proto-Indo-European *sr̥djo ‘whey’ (compare Latin serum, Greek ορός (orós));[1] or (2) from *gjin + -zë, from Proto-Albanian *sina, from Proto-Indo-European *s(H)i-n- (compare English sinew, Latvian pasainis ‘string’, Ancient Greek Ancient Greek ἱμᾱς (himās) ‘strap, thong’), referring to the tying of the rennet bag in which the cheese is made.[2]

Noun

gjizë f (indefinite plural gjiza, definite singular gjiza)

  1. cheese curd
  2. pot cheese, dry and unsalted cottage cheese
  3. goat cheese

Hypernyms

References
  1. Bardhyl Demiraj, Albanische Etymologien (Amsterdam - Atlanta: Rodopoi, 1997), 189
  2. Vladimir Orel, Albanian Etymological Dictionary (Leiden: Brill, 1998), 136.
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