Reconstruction:Proto-Albanian/slinjā

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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]

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sley- (“smooth; slick; sticky; slimy”). Cognate to Latvian sliẽnas (“saliva, mucus, slime”), Proto-Slavic *slina (“saliva”).[1]

Noun[edit]

*slinjā

  1. mud, silt

Descendants[edit]

  • Albanian: llënjëz

References[edit]

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “Proto-Albanian/slinjā”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 238
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