Reconstruction:Proto-Albanian/pelna

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 *pl̥-néh₂-ti, from *pelh₂- (“to drive, push”).

Verb

*pelna

1. to bear, beget, produce

Descendants

• Albanian: pjell

Derived terms

• Proto-Albanian: *en-pelna
  • Albanian: mbjell

References

• Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “pjell”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 330