bahe

See also: Bahe

Albanian

Etymology

A singularized plural, based on a more archaic *bahë, from Proto-Albanian *bajā, from Proto-Indo-European *bhei 'to strike, to beat'. Cognate to Slavic *bojь 'fight'[1], and possibly to Germanic *bautan 'to beat' and Latin fustis (“knobbed stick, cudgel”).

Noun

bahe f (indefinite plural bahe, definite singular baha, definite plural bahet)

  1. sling

References

  1. ↑ Orel, Vladimir (2000) A Concise Historical Grammar of the Albanian Language, Leiden: Brill, page 14
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