dejë

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • nehë

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *den(i)-, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰew- (“to run, flow”). Cognate to Sanskrit धन्वन् (dhánvan-, “desert, arid land, steppe”), Ancient Greek θέω (théō, “run”, verb) and Old English dēaw (“dew”).[1]

Noun

dejë f

  1. thawing (snow)

Derived terms
  • dejmë
  • dẽjun
  • dejet

References
  1. Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎ (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 127
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