Reconstruction:Proto-Albanian/artsa

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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

Etymology

    From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥tḱos.[1]

    Noun

    *artsa m

    1. bear

    Descendants

    • Old Albanian: arth
      • Old Albanian: ar (the -th was mistakenly thought to be a diminutive suffix and then deleted)
        • Albanian: ari, back formation of plural arinj

    References

    1. ^ Vladimir Orel, Albanian Etymological Dictionary, s.v. "ari" (Leiden: Brill, 1998), 8-9.
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