kopsht

Albanian

Etymology

Variant kopësht. From Proto-Albanian *kāp-(śt-), from Proto-Indo-European *keh2po- 'land, garden'. Cognate to Ancient Greek (Northwest) κᾶπος (kâpos) (compare modern κήπος (kípos))[1].

Noun

kopsht m

  1. garden
  2. kindergarten

References
  1. Albanische Etymologien (Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz), Bardhyl Demiraj, Leiden Studies in Indo-European 7; Amsterdam - Atlanta 1997, p.222
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