njeg

Albanian

Etymology

Gheg; clipped form of njegull, variant of standard mjegull. From Proto-Albanian *(n)neG-, from either Proto-Indo-European *negw, or Proto-Indo-European *(s)neuK-, both meaning "to get dark". Cognate to Romanian negură (“fog”) and Lithuanian niáuka (“darkness (of the sky), dusky, dim (weather)”).[1] Alternatively from Proto-Albanian *snaiga, from Proto-Indo-European *snóygʷʰos (“snow”). Compare Old Church Slavonic sněgь (sněgĭ), Gothic snaiws (“snow”).

Noun

njeg m

  1. (Gheg) fog, haze, mist

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 272
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