*dens- `to use mental force, to learn'. 1. <zâ/zë> `to learn' as a
base of prefixed form <nxâ/nxë> from *H1en-dent-o (nz > nx), <nxënë-
s> `disciple', probably from *dens-, treated as *den-to- > dianto >
djanno> zân/zën > zâ/zë. Gheg form testifies for following nasal,
even the cases with cluster ns- must be further investigated. 2.
Other derivative seems to be <përzâ> `accept, approach', attested
in "Meshari" (1555). (Meyer thinks that it is from *g'en-, possible
variant form of *g'no:- `to know', comparing it with Sl. <znati>).
It is worth to be mentioned that exists attested form *den- in
Homeric Greek denea `advise'. (Pokorny, 1.dens- 201.)
*dens- `thick, fat'. 1. According to Pokorny, *dens- have yielded in
Alb. <dënd> `to became fat, thick', so *dens- is treated as *dent-.
2. Other derivative, to my view, is present also in
<shtatzânë/zënë> `pregnant, literally with fat body', compound of
<shtat> `body' and <zânë/zënë> `fat', adjectivized participle;
<shtatzâni> `pregnancy'. 3. I guess that also infinitive <me zânë>
in <me zânë djathë> `to make cheese', probably from `to make thick
milk'; <gjak-nxânë> `with spoiled blood', synonymic with
<gjakprishur>, probably with thick blood. (Pokorny 2. dens- 2002.)
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