shpëtoj

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Albanian

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Etymology

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From Vulgar Latin *expedītāre, from Latin expedīre (to entrict, disengage).[1] Alternatively, a verbal formation with a prefix denoting the movement away from something from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- (to spread out; to fly), connected to pjetë (widening; sky).[2]

Verb

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shpëtoj (aorist shpëtova, participle shpëtuar)

  1. to save, rescue

Inflection

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shpëtoj”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 429
  2. ^ Bardhyl Demiraj, Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz, page 316, Amsterdam - Atlanta, 1997