Reconstruction:Proto-Albanian/miśśa
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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]From older *meśśa, from Proto-Indo-European *memsa- (“meat”). Compare Armenian միս (mis), Serbo-Croatian meso, Russian мя́со (mjáso), Tocharian B mīsa, Old Prussian mensa, Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌼𐌶 (mimz), Sanskrit मांस (māṃsá).[1]
Noun
[edit]*miśśa
Descendants
[edit]- Albanian: mish
References
[edit]- ^ Stefan Schumacher & Joachim Matzinger, Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 2013), 219.