< Reconstruction:Proto-Albanian
Reconstruction:Proto-Albanian/w(i)tspátnjā
Proto-Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *wiḱ-pót-nih₂ (“clan matriarch”), from *wiḱpótis
Noun
*w(i)tspátnjā
- clan matriarch
- lady
- lady in a wealthy family with servants
- madam
Derived terms
- *dzwāptnjā
- *džotnja
- (Tosk) zonjë
- (Gheg) zôjë, zoj, ɛoi [1]
- (Arvanite) ζόνηε, ζόgne [2]
- *džotnja
References
- Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 151, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder
- Λεξικόν της Ρωμαϊκοις και Αρβανητηκής Απλής (Lexicon of the simple Romaic and Arbanitic language), page 113 & 182, by Markos Botsaris