Reconstruction:Proto-Albanian/dzwāptnjā

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Reconstruction:Proto-Albanian/dzwāptnjā

Proto-Albanian

Etymology

From earlier *w(i)tspátnjā, from Proto-Indo-European *wiḱ-pót-nih₂ (“clan matriarch”), from *wiḱpótis (compare Lithuanian viešpatni (“lady”)), compound of *weyḱ- (“clan, kindred”) (compare Ancient Greek οἰκία (oikía, “house (clan)”), Avestan 𐬬𐬌𐬚‎ (viθ, “royal court”)) and *pótnih₂ (compare Ancient Greek πότνια (pótnia)), feminine of *pótis (“master”).

Noun

*dzwāptnjā

1. lady
2. lady in a wealthy family with servants
3. madam

Derived terms

• *džotnja
  • (Tosk) zonjë
  • (Gheg) zôjë, zoj, ɛoi [1]
  • (Arvanite) ζόνηε, ζόgne [2]

References

1. Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 151, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder
2. Λεξικόν της Ρωμαϊκοις και Αρβανητηκής Απλής (Lexicon of the simple Romaic and Arbanitic language), page 113 & 182, by Markos Botsaris