praj
Albanian
Alternative forms
- prëj, prej
Etymology 1
From Proto-Albanian *per(i)-anja[1].
Verb
praj (first-person singular past tense prajta, participle prajtë)
Etymology 2
From Proto-Albanian *prainja, from Proto-Indo-European *prāy-, *prēy- 'like, love'. Cognate to Sanskrit प्रिणति (prīṇāti, “to please”) and Gothic frijon (frijon, “to love”)[2].
References
- Orel, Vladimir (1998), “praj”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 344
- Orel, Vladimir (1998), “praj”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 344
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