From older, attested kuljdes, akin to kujtesë (“memory”), although the -d- is unexpected.[1]
kujdes m (plural kujdese, definite kujdesi)
- regard
- care
- attention
- ^ Meyer, G. (1891) “kuitóń”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache[1] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI