ushunjëz

== Albanian == === Etymology === Related to shushunjë (“leech”). Could be a derivative with unique loss of initial sh-. Alternatively, if inherited, from Proto-Albanian *ūdsonja, from *ūd (“water”) + *-es (agent noun) + *-onja (feminine suffix) + *-az (diminutive suffix). === Noun === ushúnjëz f (zoology) leech === Further reading === “ushunjëz”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006 FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980 Newmark, Leonard (1999), “ushunjëz”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[2]