pishë

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Albanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Albanian *pitšā, suggested to be from Proto-Indo-European *píts-ih₂ ~ *pits-yéh₂, from *pī́ts (resin) +‎ *-ih₂, cognate with Ancient Greek πίσσα (píssa, pitch, resin).[1][2][3]

Noun

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pishë f (plural pisha, definite pisha, definite plural pishat)

  1. pine tree
  2. pinewood

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References

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  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “pei̯(ə)- pī̆- ,”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 793
  2. ^ Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 282:*pikya
  3. ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) “písh/ë,-a”, in Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi