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Albanian

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Etymology

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A formation in -shtë > *-est, from posh, from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds. Compare Hittite [script needed] (pata), Ancient Greek πούς, ποδός (poús, podós), Old English fōt (foot). Orel suggests a borrowing from Latin post, poste (behind, back),[1] but phonetic problems and a radical change in meaning makes it unlikely.

Adverb

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poshtë

  1. down, downwards

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “poshtë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 340