mzith

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Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *džija, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷii̯ā. Cognate to Sanskrit ज्या (jyā, “bow string”), Old Church Slavonic жила (žila, “vein, tendon”), Greek βιός (viós).[1]

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Noun

mzith m

  1. (anatomy) ankle joint

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian‎, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 73

Further reading

  • Newmark, L. (1999) “mzith”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎
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