dimër

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See also: dimer, Dimer, and dímer

Albanian

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Etymology

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From late Proto-Albanian *dimənə < *ðimənə, from early Proto-Albanian *j́īmanʉh, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéy-mō < *ǵʰey- (winter). Orel reconstructs Proto-Albanian *deimena.[1] Cognate with Ancient Greek χειμών (kheimṓn, winter) and the like.[2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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dimër m (plural dimra, definite dimri, definite plural dimrat)

  1. winter

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “dimër”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 66
  2. ^ Schumacher, Stefan, Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 227