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dejë

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Albanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Albanian *den(i)-, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰew- (“to run, flow”). Cognate to Sanskrit धन्वन् (dhánvan-, “desert, arid land, steppe”), Ancient Greek θέω (théō, “run”, verb) and Old English dēaw (“dew”).[1]

Noun

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dejë f

  1. thawing (snow)

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 127
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