Reconstruction:Illyrian/drenis
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Illyrian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *dʰrēn- (“drone, buzz”).[1] Compare Albanian dre (“deer”), English drone, Ancient Greek θρήνος (thrḗnos, “lament”).[2]
Noun
[edit]*drenis
References
[edit]- ^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 395
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “Illyrian/drenis”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 72-3