Reconstruction:Illyrian/drakoina

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Illyrian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dorkw-o-.Cognate to Ancient Greek δόρπον (dórpon, “supper, dinner; evening”) and Albanian darkë (“supper, dinner; evening”). Has entered the declension of the feminine ā-stems. According to A. Lubotsky and M. de Vaan, considering the distribution of the term, Greek, Albanian and Illyrian strongly suggest borrowings from an old Balkan substrate source.

Noun

*drakoina

  1. supper, dinner (evening meal)
  2. feast

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “Illyrian/drakoina”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN
  2. ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: ] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎ (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 123
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