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Reconstruction:Proto-Albanian/namā

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 *nem- (“to apportion, sacrifice”) (compare German nehmen (“to take”), Ancient Greek νέμω (némō, “to distribute”), νέμεσις (némesis, “wrath”)). [1]

Noun

*namā

  1. curse

Descendants
  • Albanian: nëmë

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “Proto-Albanian/namā”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 291
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