hë
Albanian
Alternative forms
- Gheg hê
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *skainai. Compare Gothic skeinan (skeinan), Old High German skinan (“to shine”), with a similar sense development to that of English 'in a twinkling'[1].
Adverb
hë
- now
Derived terms
- hëpërhë
Related terms
- hir
- ni
References
- Orel, Vladimir (1998), “hë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 146