gdhend

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From g(ë)- + Old Albanian dhend (Bogdani), from Proto-Albanian *denta, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰen- (“to beat, push”). Compare Old Norse detta (“to fall, drop”).[1]

Verb

gdhend (aorist gdhenda, participle gdhendur)

  1. to trim, smooth out, plane (wood)
  2. to carve, sculpture
  3. to give form

Derived terms

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “gdhend”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 175
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