dhez

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • llez — Northwestern Gheg

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *və-dez with the prefix v(ë)-, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”).[1]

Verb

dhez (aorist dheza, participle dhezur)

  1. to light, kindle

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 286
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