poshtë
Albanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “poshtë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 340