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Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *pistūnja, cognate with Latin spuō and Greek πτύω (ptýo). The term could be a pë- prefixed formation from shtyj (“to push”).
Verb
pështyj (aorist pështyva, participle pështyrë)
- to spit out, smoke out, give off
Derived terms
References
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 324