pjetë
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Albanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Albanian *peta (“to be ruptured”), from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- (“to spread out; to fly”), related to Greek πετάννυμι (petánnymi, “to widen”), Latin pateō (“to be open”).[1] Possibly also connected to shpëtoj (“to save”), although unlikely.
Noun
[edit]pjetë f
References
[edit]- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “pjetë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 331
Further reading
[edit]- Mann, S. E. (1948) “pjetë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 389
