qeth

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *kaiδ-, from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd-. Cognate to Latin caedo (“to cut, hew, lop, fell”)[1].

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /c͡çɛθ/

Verb

qeth (first-person singular past tense qetha, participle qethur)

  1. I cut (hair, wool etc.)

References
  1. Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997), “qeth”, in Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: Investigations into the Albanian Inherited Lexicon] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7) (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi
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