Re: Albanian "ngjeth

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "alex" <alxmoeller@...> wrote:

> any idea about from which PIE root the Alb. word "ngjeth" is

deriving?

>
> ngjeth=erzittern lassen, erschauern lassen
> ngjethje= Schaudern, Entzetzen , Grauen
> ngjethura= Zittern, Schauder, Schüttelfrost
>
> Andullah, which should be the word for word translation into

english of

> the expresion "m'u ngjeth shtati"?
>
> Alex

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Dear Alex,
My opinion is that Alb. verb <ngjeth> is deriving from PIE root *kaH-
id- 'to strike'. Indeed, it's prefixed form *n-kaH-id- > ngeth >
ngjeth, which base root *kaH-id- derives also <qeth> 'to cut,
subject: hair, wool of the sheep'.
Expressions like: M'u ngjeth shtati or M'u ngjethën mishtë can be
translated into English as to give creeps to smb.

Konushevci