ruoj
Albanian
Alternative forms
- ruaj
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *rāgnja, connected to Old Norse røkja (“to take care of”), Greek ἀρήγω (ἀrígo, “to assist, to defend”).[1] Alternatively from Proto-Albanian *(a)ru(u)ē-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂rew- (“to get light, brighten”). Compare Armenian արև (arew, “sun”).[2]
Verb
ruoj (first-person singular past tense ruajta, participle ruajtur)
- to watch over, to observe, to guard
Derived terms
- rojë
- truaj
- mburojë
- rure
References
- Orel, Vladimir (1998), “ruoj”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Cologne: Brill, →ISBN, page 374
- Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997) 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, page 347