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Reconstruction:Proto-Albanian/nemska

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 *nem (“to divide, to take, to arrange, to count”). Cognate to Greek νέμω (némo, “to divide”), Gothic niman (“to take”), Latin numerus (“member, element, number”), nummus (“coin, money”).[1]

Verb

*nemska

  1. to count, consider

Descendants
  • Albanian: njeh

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “Proto-Albanian/nemska”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 304
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