Reconstruction:Proto-Albanian/serpena

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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

Derived from Proto-Indo-European *serp- (“to crawl”), paralleling the formation of Latin serpens (“snake”).

Noun

*serpena m[1]

  1. snake

Descendants

  • Albanian: gjarpër／gjarpën

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “gjarpër ~ gjarpën”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 130
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