jetë
See also: jete and jeté
Albanian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Albanian *eta, related to the isolated group (substrate) of Greek ἐτεός (ἐteós, “true, real”), ἐτάζω (ἐtázo, “to test”).[1] Related to the participial form of jam and to eshë (“period of time, span, space”). See also Latin aetas (source of Aromanian etã), considered by some to be the source of the Albanian word,[2] but this is uncertain.
Noun
jetë f (indefinite plural jetë, definite singular jeta, definite plural jetët)
- life
Derived terms
- jetoj
Related terms
- eshë
Verb
të jetë
- third-person singular present subjunctive of jam
References
- Orel, Vladimir (1998), “jetë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 159
- http://www.ling.ohio-state.edu/~bjoseph/publications/2006balkmetaphor.pdf