mzith

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Albanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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]

Noun[edit]

mzith m

  1. (anatomy) ankle

References[edit]

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