Reconstruction:Proto-Albanian/nera
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Proto-Albanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂nḗr.[1] Cognate with Messapic ner (“man”), Proto-Italic *nēr.
Noun[edit]
*nera
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “Proto-Albanian/nera”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 304
- 1982, Leonard Newmark, Philip Hubbard, Peter R. Prifti, Standard Albanian: a reference grammar for students, page 283:
- The indeterminate pronoun njëri ‘anyone’ is clearly distinguished semantically and grammatically from the noun njeri ‘man, person’.