unë
Albanian
Etymology 1
Compound of archaic and dialectal u and particle -në (compare Tosk Albanian ti (“you”) vs. Gheg tinë). U is from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Albanian *udz, from *uǵ, with vowel from *túh₂ (see ti),[1] from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵ.[2] Accusative mua (var. mue) is from emphatic *h₁mēm, clitic më is from clitic *h₁me, and ablative meje is from locative *h₁moí + j + -e (ablative ending of nouns). Arbëresh has uth (u + diminutive -th).
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Pronoun
unë (accusative mua, dative mua, ablative meje)
Declension
forms of unë
Related terms
- në (also spelled ne, na)
See also
Albanian personal pronouns
References
- ^ J.P. Mallory & D.Q. Adams, eds., Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, s.v. "Pronouns" (London: Fitzroy-Dearborn, 1997), 454.
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “unë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 486
Etymology 2
From Proto-Albanian *wantā, from Proto-Indo-European *wen-tó. Compare English wound, Hittite [script needed] (wen-, “to copulate”).
Pronunciation
Noun
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