gjedh

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *sada or *seda, deverbative of Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“to sit”) (compare English sit, Greek έδραι (édrai, “seat”), Romanian ședea). Çabej connects it to Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws (“cattle”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɟɛð]

Noun

gjedh m (plural gjedhë, definite gjedhi, definite plural gjedhët)

  1. cattle

Derived terms
  • gjedhe, gjedhër

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “gjedh”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 131
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