grish

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • gërshas

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *griś-, from Proto-Indo-European *gwer-s- (“to raise one’s voice, lift up a cry; set up a clamour”), from *gʷerH-. Cognate to Lithuanian gar̃sas (“call, sound”). Also compare Old English gröetan (“assail, greet”), Old High German gruozen (“weeping, cry”).[1]

Verb

grish (aorist grisha, participle grishurë)

  1. to invite, call, welcome
  2. (Can we clean up(+) this sense?) Greek

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