nxit
Albanian
Alternative forms
- nxis
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *džita, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”). Cognate to Sanskrit जीवति (jīvati), Latin vīvō, Old English cwic (“alive, living”) (cf. English quick).[1]
Verb
nxit (first-person singular past tense nxita, participle nxitur)
- to urge, stimulate, hurry
Derived terms
- nxitoj
Related terms
- cys
- xëgit
- ndërsej
References
- Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 73