ndërtoj

Albanian

Etymology

From archaic *ndërtokë (underground), the first part ndër- (under) from *(H)n̥dʰér and the second part tokë (land, ground), with an original meaning of "to lay foundations". Orel suggests a contraction of Romance *directare, but semantic problems and the prefix ndër- makes the theory unlikely. Matzinger claims it has no known etymology.[1]

Verb

ndërtoj (aorist ndërtova, participle ndërtuar)

  1. (transitive) to build

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Matasević, R. (2019). A grammatical sketch of Albanian for students of Indo-European. Zadar.

Further reading

  • ndërtoj”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980