dysh

Albanian

Etymology

From dy (“two”) +‎ -sh (adverbial suffix),[1] possibly a contraction of fish (“fold”); compare modern dyfish (“id”). It reflects Proto-Albanian *dwis.[1]

Noun

dysh

  1. double, twofold

Derived terms
  • dyfish

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “dysh”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 80
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