ethëzë

Albanian

Etymology

From ethe. According to Beekes, moths were thought to bring fevers.[1] Cognate with Greek ἠπίολος (ēpíolos).

Noun

ethëzë f

  1. moth

Synonyms

References
  1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 523
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