Reconstruction:Proto-Albanian/rinja

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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

Etymology

From *h₃rinéHti (“move”), present of *h₃er-. Related to Proto-Albanian *rina (“cloud(s)”) (modern re (“cloud(s)”)), Illyrian *rhinos (“fog, mist”), Proto-Slavic *rinǫti (“to push, shove”), Aeolic Greek ὀρῑ́νω (orī́nō, “to move”).[1]

Verb

*rinja

  1. humidify, moisten

Descendants

  • Albanian: rij (Standard Albanian, Tosk)
  • Albanian: rîj (Gheg)
  • Albanian: ritë

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “rij ~ rî~”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 371
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