Reconstruction:Proto-Albanian/lulā
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]An ancient Balkan loanword from an oriental source.
From the substrate source responsible for Persian لاله, Latin līlia, Ancient Greek λείριον (leírion), ultimately from Egyptian ḥrrt (“flower”).[1]
Noun
[edit]*lulā
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “Proto-Albanian/lulā”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 234