gjije
Albanian
Etymology
A singularized plural of Gheg gjê 'stable, pen', from Proto-Albanian *saina, identical with the Baltic word for 'wall', from Proto-Indo-European *sēi 'to bind'. Cognate to Lithuanian síena, Latvian siêna[1].
Noun
gjije f
- stable, house
References
- Orel, Vladimir (1998), “gjije”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 135