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Reconstruction:Proto-Albanian/nera

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 *h₂nḗr.[1] Cognate with Messapic ner (“man”), Proto-Italic *nēr.

Noun

*nera

  1. man
  2. human, person, individual

Descendants
  • Albanian: njer, njeri

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “Proto-Albanian/nera”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 304
  • 1982, Leonard Newmark, Philip Hubbard, Peter R. Prifti, Standard Albanian: a reference grammar for students, page 283:
    The indeterminate pronoun njëri ‘anyone’ is clearly distinguished semantically and grammatically from the noun njeri ‘man, person’.
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