barmë
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Albanian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Albanian *bardzmā, derived from *bardzā > bardhë (“white”), with a typical semantic pattern for the nomination of bark and bast. Compare Proto-Slavic *lyko (“bast”) from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“light, shine”).[1]
Noun
[edit]barmë f
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “barmë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 18.