gjesh

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *(V)iōś-, from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₃s- (“to gird”). Cognate to Ancient Greek ζώννυμι (zṓnnumi, “to gird”) and Old Church Slavonic по-ꙗсати (po-jasati, “to gird”).[1]

Verb

gjesh (aorist gjesha, participle gjeshur)

  1. to gird

References
  1. Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎ (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 299
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