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Reconstruction:Proto-Albanian/rinja

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 *h₃rinéHti (“move”), an infixed form of *h₃rey(H)-, ultimately from the root *h₃er- (“to rise, move, stir”). Related to *rina (“cloud(s)”) (modern re (“cloud(s)”)), Proto-Slavic *rinǫti (“to push, shove”), Aeolic Greek ὀρῑ́νω (orī́nō, “to move”).[1]

Verb

*rinja

  1. humidify, moisten

Descendants
  • Albanian: rij
  • Gheg Albanian: rîj
  • Albanian: ritë

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “rij ~ rî”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 371
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