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Reconstruction:Messapic/bilia

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 This Messapic 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.

Messapic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Messapic *bʰi-lo, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to grow, become”). Phonetically and semantically close to Albanian bilë, bijë.[1]

Noun

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*bilia

  1. daughter

References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “bijë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 25
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