hyj

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • hŷj (Gheg)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /hyj/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Albanian *ūnja, from *h₂u-nye/o, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew (“away (from)”).

Verb

hyj (aorist hyra, participle hyrë)

  1. to enter, to go in, to get in
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Etymology 2

Plural form of archaic hyll, newer form yll, of unclear origin. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₁us-los, whence Old English ysle, Old Norse usli (“embers”), from *h₁ews- (“to burn”)[1] or from Proto-Indo-European *h₂us-los, compare Sanskrit उस्र (usrá, “reddish, ruddy; bright; matutinal”), from *h₂ews- (“to dawn”).[2]

Alternatively from Proto-Albanian *hĭwĭd-lʉh, from older Proto-Albanian *hud-lós, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *udrós. In this case the word could be connected to the name of the Illyrians, if this one was derived from Illyrian *Hullurio (“(place or tribe) of the serpent”).[3]

Noun

hyj m (plural hyj, definite hyji, definite plural hyjtë)

  1. god, deity
Declension
Declension of hyj
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative hyj hyj hyji hyjtë
accusative hyjin
dative hyji hyjve hyjit hyjvet
ablative hyjsh
Derived terms
  • hyjnizoj
  • hyjnim

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 206
  2. Schumacher, Stefan, Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 220
  3. Compare Eichner, Heiner. 2004. Illyrisch – die unbekannte Sprache. In: Museum für Urgeschichte Asparn a. d. Zaya (ed.): Die Illyrer. Archäologische Funde des 1. vorchristlichen Jahrtausends aus Albanien, pp. 92–117.
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