rrënjë

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Albanian

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Pronunciation

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *wradnjā-, from pre-Albanian *wr̥h₂dnih₂-, from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds. Compare Latin rādīx and Ancient Greek ῥάδιξ (rhádix).[2]

Noun

rrënjë f (plural rrënjë, definite rrënja, definite plural rrënjët)

  1. root

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 115, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder
  2. ^ Stefan Schumacher & Joachim Matzinger, Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 2013), 230.