shqyej

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

The conservative form is shklyej. Orel further reconstructs Proto-Albanian *skānja, from Proto-Indo-European *sken- (to split off) (cf. English skin, Breton scant (fish scales)),[1] although this is impossible due to the lack of a required *-l-, and required instead of .

Noun

shqyej (aorist shqéva, participle shqyer)

  1. to tear up, rip off

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References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shqyej”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 434