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Reconstruction:Proto-Albanian/apir

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 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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi (“on, upon”). Cognate to Ancient Greek ὄπιθε (ópithe, “behind”), ὄπιθεν (ópithen, “behind”) (alternative form of ὄπισθεν (ópisthen, “behind, backwards, in the future”)).[1]

Adjective

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*apir

  1. higher, upper

Descendants

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  • Albanian: epër

References

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  1. ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 167
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