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gisht m, pl. gishta, gishtëra ~ gishtna, gishtërinj 'finger, thumb'. The Greek-Albanian and South Tosk form glisht leads to the reconstruction of PAlb *glista. Related to Lith gėlti 'to prick, to sting', galas 'end, tip' and the like (PEDERSEN KZ XXXIX 393; JOKL IF XXXVI 125). BOPP 498 (to Skt aṅguṣṭha- `thumb'); MEYER Wb. 141 (follows BOPP); BRUGMANN IF XI 285-286 n. 1 (to Gk βλιμάζω 'to feel hens to see if they are fat'); BUGGE BB XVIII 167 (to Skt aṅguli- `finger, thumb'); PEDERSEN KZ XXXIII 547 (to Slav *gъrstь `handful'), Kelt. Gr. I 79 (to Arm čiwł `twig, finger'); TAGLIAVINI Dalmazia 123, Stratificazione 88-89; PISANI Saggi 132; CAMAJ Alb. Worth. 124; OREL ZfBalk XXIII 147, Etimologija 1986-1987 222-224 (reconstructs *glista but connects it with ngjis); ÇABEJ St. VII 200; KORTLANDT Arm-IE 40; DEMIRAJ AE 178-179 (to W bys, OCorn bis, bes `finger').