Reconstruction:Proto-Albanian/grāwā

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵerh₂- (“old”).[1] Compare Ancient Greek γραῦς (graûs, “old woman”).

Noun[edit]

*grāwā

  1. woman
  2. wife

Descendants[edit]

  • Albanian: grua

References[edit]

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “grua ~ grue”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 125
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