pishë

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *pitšā, suggested to be from Proto-Indo-European *píts-ih₂ ~ *pits-yéh₂, from *pī́ts (resin) + *-ih₂, cognate with Ancient Greek πίσσα (píssa, pitch, resin).[1][2][3]

Noun

pishë f (plural pisha, definite pisha, definite plural pishat)

  1. pine tree
  2. pinewood

Declension

Hyponyms

Derived terms

  • pishak
  • pishët
  • pishinë
  • pishore
  • pishtar
  • pishtë

References

  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) “pei̯(ə)- pī̆- ,”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 793
  2. Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 282:*pikya
  3. Demiraj, B. (1997) “písh/ë,-a”, in Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: []] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7) (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi
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