mbys

Albanian

Etymology

From Late-Proto-Albanian *bytˢ < *býtˢə < Proto-Albanian *bútˢə < *búti̯ō < Pre-Proto-Albanian *buti̯ṓ < Proto-Indo-European *bʰut-i̯ó-h₂, from *bʰeu̯d- (to strike). See mbyt for more.[1]

Verb

mbys (aorist mbyta, participle mbytur)

  1. alternative form of mbyt

Derived terms

  • mbytas
  • mbytës
  • mbytje

References

  1. ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl et al. (2021) “mbys”, in DPEWA. Digitales Philologisch-Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altalbanischen [DPEWA. Digital Philological-Etymological Dictionary of Old Albanian]