vetëtin

Albanian

Etymology

Probably from an unattested *vetë, *vehtë - to blow (of wind), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”). Cognate to Serbo-Croatian vetar (“wind”), Ancient Greek ἀτμός (atmós, “vapour, steam”), Lithuanian vėtra (“storm”), and others.

Verb

vetëtín (aorist vetëtiu, participle vetëtirë)

  1. (impersonal) to flash, strike (lightning)

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “vetëtin”, 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) “vetëtin”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[2]
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