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Reconstruction:Proto-Albanian/prōjena

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

According to Orel, from Proto-Indo-European *prō (“forward, in front of, before”). Cognate to Greek πρωΐ (proḯ, “early in the morning”), Old High German fruo (“id”).[1]

Noun

*prōjena

  1. front
  2. lap, bosom
  3. apron

Descendants
  1. (Gheg) Albanian: prëhën
    (Gheg) Albanian: prehën
  2. (Tosk, rhotacism) Albanian: prehër
    (Tosk, rhotacism) Albanian: prëhër

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “prëhër ~ prëhën”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 342-3
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