ënj
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Albanian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Albanian *anj, close to Sanskrit अनीति (ániti, “blow out”), Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌽 (usanan, “blow out”),[1] from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁- (“to breathe”). Alternatively from Proto-Albanian *aidn(i)-, from Proto-Indo-European *Hoid- (“to swell”). Cognate to Old Armenian այտնում (aytnum, “to swell”), Old Norse økkr (“swelling, lump, growth”), Latin inguen (“groin, the genitals, tumefaction in the pubic region”).
Verb
[edit]ënj (aorist ënjta, participle ënjtur)
References
[edit]- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “ënj”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 91