Reconstruction:Proto-Albanian/apsera

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This Proto-Albanian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Representing a contamination of *aps, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éps, a derivative of *h₂epo (off, away) (reflected in Ancient Greek ἄψ (áps, backwards), Latin abs), with *h₂éperos. Cognate to Sanskrit अपर (ápara, posterior, later, following), Gothic 𐌰𐍆𐌰𐍂 (afar, after), Old Persian 𐎠𐎱𐎼 (a-p-r /⁠apara⁠/, later, after), Avestan 𐬀𐬞𐬀𐬭𐬀 (apara, more behind, later).[1]

Preposition

*apsera (*apsera)

  1. at, beside, by, near, nearby, near to, next to
  • Proto-Albanian *apa[2]
    • Albanian: pa

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “afër”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 1
  2. ^ W. B. Lockwood, A Panorama of Indo-European languages, Hutchinson, 1972, p. 185