thinjë

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *θīniā, remade after the class of fem. ā-stems, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱyeh₁- (“dark(-coloured), grey”). Cognate to Old Church Slavonic синь (sinĭ, “dark blue”).[1]

Noun

thinjë f

  1. (gray) hair

Derived terms
  • thinj
  • thinjem
  • thimë

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