gdhend
Albanian
Alternative forms
- gdhënt (Tosk), gdhênd (Gheg)
Etymology
From g(ë)- + Old Albanian dhend (Bogdani), from Proto-Albanian *denta, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰen- 'to beat, push' (compare Old Norse detta ‘to fall, drop’)[1].
Verb
gdhend (first-person singular past tense gdhenda, participle gdhendur)
- to trim, smooth out, plane (wood)
- give form
References
- Albanische Etymologien (Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz), Bardhyl Demiraj, Leiden Studies in Indo-European 7; Amsterdam - Atlanta 1997, p.175