hë
See also: Appendix:Variations of "he"
Albanian
Alternative forms
- hê (Gheg)
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]
Derived terms
- hëpërhë
References
- Orel, Vladimir (1998) Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 146
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