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prej

prej

Albanian

Alternative forms

Verb

prej ‎(first-person singular past tense preva, participle prerë)

  1. to hew, cut, chop
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Etymology 2

From Proto-Albanian *prei, from Proto-Indo-European *prō 'forward, in front of, before', close to Greek πρωΐ ‎(proḯ, “early, in the morning”), and Old High German fruoi ‎(“id”)[1].

Preposition

prej

  1. from

References

  1. ↑ Orel, Vladimir (2000) A Concise Historical Grammar of the Albanian Language, Leiden: Brill, page 343

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *prei-, from Proto-Indo-European *per- 'to strike, beat'. Cognate to Lithuanian per̃ti ‎(“to strike, beat, to hit”).

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