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Reconstruction:Proto-Albanian/upela

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 *upo (“under”). Cognate with Gothic ubils (“evil”),[1] English evil, German übel.

Noun

*upela

  1. well, shaft

Descendants
  • Albanian: ubël

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “ubël”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 482
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