Reconstruction:Proto-Albanian/melana
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Proto-Albanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *melh₂-n-os, from *melh₂- (“to grind, crush”) (compare Latvian męl̃ns (“black”), Serbo-Croatian malina (“raspberry”), Ancient Greek μέλαινα (mélaina, “black”)).
Adjective
[edit]*melana