shpoj

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • çpoj

Etymology

A prefixed form with sh-. From Proto-Albanian *pēri-, from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to bear, lead across, penetrate”). Cognate to Ancient Greek πείρω (peírō, “to get through, pierce”).[1]

Verb

shpoj (aorist shpova, participle shpuar)

  1. to pierce, prick

Derived terms

References
  1. Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎ (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, pages 367-8
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