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Reconstruction:Proto-Albanian/māti

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 *méh₁tis (“measurement”), deverbative of *meh₁- (“to measure”); compare Old English mǣþ (“measure”), Lithuanian mẽtas (“time”), Ancient Greek μῆτις (mêtis, “plan”).[1] Sense shift from ‘time’ to ‘weather, year, era’ influenced by Latin tempus (“time, weather”) (compare Romanian timp, French temps).

Noun

*māti

  1. time

Descendants
  • Albanian: mot

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “mot”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 274-5
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