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Reconstruction:Messapic/bilia

This Messapic 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.

Messapic

Etymology

From Proto-Messapic *bʰi-lo, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to grow, become”). Phonetically and semantically close to Albanian bilë, bijë.[1]

Noun

*bilia

  1. daughter

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “bijë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 25
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