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Reconstruction:Proto-Albanian/rina

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 *h₃rinéHti (“move”) (whence *rinja), from *h₃reyH-. Etymologically identical with Messapic ῥινός (“fog, mist, cloud”).[1]

Noun

*rina

  1. cloud(s)

Descendants
  • Old Albanian:
    • Albanian: ren (< *ri)
    • (Tosk; Cham, Arbëreshë, Arvanitika)
      • Albanian: ren
        • (Standard Albanian):
          • Albanian: re
    • (Gheg subdialects):
      • Albanian: rênj, Albanian: rênj
        • Albanian: rêu, Albanian: rêj

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “re ~ rê”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 366
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