Reconstruction:Proto-Albanian/artsa

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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 Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥tḱos.[1]

Noun[edit]

*artsa m

  1. bear

Descendants[edit]

  • Old Albanian: arth
    • Old Albanian: ar (the -th was mistakenly thought to be a diminutive suffix and then deleted)
      • Albanian: ari, back formation of plural arinj

References[edit]

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel, Albanian Etymological Dictionary, s.v. "ari" (Leiden: Brill, 1998), 8-9.
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