Reconstruction:Proto-Albanian/rinja

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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 *h₃rinéHti (move), an infixed form of *h₃rey(H)-, ultimately from the root *h₃er- (to rise, move, stir). Related to *rina (cloud(s)) (modern re (cloud(s))), Proto-Slavic *rinǫti (to push, shove), Aeolic Greek ὀρῑ́νω (orī́nō, to move).[1]

Verb

*rinja

  1. humidify, moisten

Descendants

  • Albanian: rij
  • Gheg Albanian: rîj
  • Albanian: ritë

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “rij ~ rî”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 371