See also: Appendix:Variations of "he"

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *skainai. Compare Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌽 (skeinan), Old High German skinan (to shine), with a similar sense development to that of English 'in a twinkling'.[1]

Adverb

  1. now

Derived terms

  • hëpërhë

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir (1998) Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 146
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