Reconstruction:Proto-Albanian/nemska

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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 Proto-Indo-European *nem (to divide, to take, to arrange, to count). Cognate to Greek νέμω (némo, to divide), Gothic niman (to take), Latin numerus (member, element, number), nummus (coin, money).[1]

Verb[edit]

*nemska

  1. to count, consider

Descendants[edit]

  • Albanian: njeh

References[edit]

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “Proto-Albanian/nemska”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 304