nxit

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • nxis

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *džita, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”). Cognate to Sanskrit जीवति (jīvati), Latin vīvō, Old English cwic (“alive, living”) (cf. English quick).[1]

Verb

nxit (first-person singular past tense nxita, participle nxitur)

  1. to urge, stimulate, hurry

Derived terms

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