qeth
Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *kaiδ-, from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd-. Cognate to Latin caedō (“to cut, hew, lop, fell”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /cɛθ/
Verb
qeth (first-person singular past tense qetha, participle qethur)
- I cut (hair, wool, etc.)
Related terms
- kij
References
- Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997), “qeth”, in Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: Investigations into the Albanian Inherited Lexicon] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7) (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi