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esh
esh
Albanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From the more conservative variant eshk, from Proto-Albanian *etska < edz-k-a[1], from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰis (“hedgehog”). Cognate to Ancient Greek ἐχῖνος (ekhînos), Proto-Slavic *ežь, Old English igel, Old High German igil, Lithuanian ežȳs, Russian еж (iezh).
Noun
esh m (indefinite plural eshë, definite singular eshi, definite plural eshët)
Synonyms
References
- ↑ Orel, Vladimir (1998), “esh”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 90