Reconstruction:Proto-Albanian/wīja

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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 *weh₁yos (twisted), from *weh₁y- (to twist, to twine). Cognate to Latin vīeō, Sanskrit वयति (váyati), Lithuanian výti, Proto-Slavic *viti.[1]

Adjective

*wīja

  1. twisted, woven

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “Proto-Albanian/wīja”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 510