Reconstruction:Proto-Albanian/lulā

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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]

An ancient Balkan loanword from an oriental source.

From the substrate source responsible for Persian لاله, Latin līlia, Ancient Greek λείριον (leírion), ultimately from Egyptian ḥrrt (“flower”).[1]

Noun[edit]

*lulā

  1. flower

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “Proto-Albanian/lulā”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 234
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