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Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *jama, from Proto-Indo-European *yém-o-s, from Proto-Indo-European *yem- (“to hold, restrain”). Cognate with Sanskrit यम (yáma, “rein, bridle”).
Noun
gjem m (plural gjema, definite gjemi, definite plural gjemat)
- bridle
References
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 268
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
gjem
- imperative of gjemme