shpëtoj

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *expedītāre, from Latin expedīre (to entrict, disengage).[1] Alternatively, a verbal formation with a prefix denoting the movement away from something from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- (to spread out; to fly), connected to pjetë (upwards).[2]

Verb

shpëtoj (aorist shpëtova, participle shpëtuar)

  1. (transitive) to save, rescue

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shpëtoj”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 429
  2. ^ Bardhyl Demiraj, Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz, page 316, Amsterdam - Atlanta, 1997

Further reading

  • shpëtoj”, 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
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “shpëtoj”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary[2]