Reconstruction:Proto-Albanian/serpena

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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]

Derived from Proto-Indo-European *serp- (to crawl), paralleling the formation of Latin serpens (snake).

Noun[edit]

*serpena m[1]

  1. snake

Descendants[edit]

  • Albanian: gjarpërgjarpën

References[edit]

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “gjarpër ~ gjarpën”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 130