gjesh

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *(V)iōś-, from Proto-Indo-European *Hyeh₃s- (“to gird”). Cognate to Ancient Greek ζώννυμι (zṓnnumi, “to gird”) and Old Church Slavonic по-ꙗсати (po-jasati, “to gird”).[1]

Verb

gjesh (first-person singular past tense gjesha, participle gjeshur)

  1. to gird

References
  1. Albanische Etymologien (Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz), Bardhyl Demiraj, Leiden Studies in Indo-European 7; Amsterdam - Atlanta 1997, p.299
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