vetë

See also: vete, veté, and vête

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *swetā, from Proto-Indo-European *swet- (self; one's own), from *swé; compare Lithuanian svetỹs (foreigner), Russian сват (svat, matchmaker; father-in-law), Attic Greek ἔτης (étēs, relative, friend), Elean Greek ϝέτας (wétas). Related to u. Closely related to Messapic veinan (his, one's).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [vɛt]

Noun

vetë f (plural veta, definite veta, definite plural vetat)

  1. self
  2. person

Declension

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