pjetë
Albanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From an unattested root *pjé + -të, from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂-, with the meaning going from "in flight" > "in the air" > "above, upwards". First attested in 1555 by Buzuku: "se u ëngriti duoi em e it pjetë përmal, e duojtë taj e kishnë ëngjëruom e prunjishnë për të ënfalë timit."[1]
Orel claims it to be an unattested noun, meaning "widening, sky",[2] though this is purely speculative as aside from two mentions by Buzuku, the word is found nowhere else, except in its derived terms. Proto-Albanian *pʲéta- is not possible as it would've led to Albanian **pjet. Due to the a-umlaut, Proto-Albanian *pʲétad and *pʲétā- would have led to **pjatë, also unfeasible.[3]
The noun in Arvanitika is unrelated.
Adverb
[edit]pjetë
Derived terms
[edit]Noun
[edit]pjetë f
References
[edit]- ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl et al. (2021) “pjetë”, in DPEWA. Digitales Philologisch-Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altalbanischen [DPEWA. Digital Philological-Etymological Dictionary of Old Albanian]
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “pjetë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 331
- ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl et al. (2021) “pjetë”, in DPEWA. Digitales Philologisch-Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altalbanischen [DPEWA. Digital Philological-Etymological Dictionary of Old Albanian]
Further reading
[edit]- Mann, S. E. (1948) “pjetë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 389