poshtë

Albanian

Etymology

A formation in -shtë > *-est, from posh, from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds. Compare Hittite [script needed] (pata), Ancient Greek πούς, ποδός (poús, podós), Old English fōt (“foot”). Orel suggests a borrowing from Latin post, poste (“behind, back”),[1] but phonetic problems and a radical change in meaning makes it unlikely.

Adverb

poshtë

  1. down, downwards

Derived terms

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “poshtë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 340
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