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Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *per-ambi-uptja related to përmbi and ultimately to mbys. The second element *uptja is cognate with Greek ὑπὸ (hupò, “under”), Sanskrit उप (úpa, “towards, near to”) and Gothic uf (“under”).[1]
Verb
përmbys (aorist përmbyta, participle përmbysur)
- to flood, to make sink (boat)'
- to overthrow
References
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 320-321