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Reconstruction:Proto-Albanian/māter

This Proto-Albanian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr (“mother”).

Noun

*māter f[1]

  1. mother
  2. mother's sister
  3. sister

Descendants
  • Albanian: motër, dial. motrë

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian‎, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 88: “*māter”
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