Reconstruction:Proto-Albanian/wara
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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 *weh₁ros, from *weh₁- (“true”). Cognate to Old English wǣr (“true, correct”), Dutch waar (“true”), German wahr (“true”), Icelandic alvöru (“earnest”), Proto-Slavic *vě̀ra (“faith/belief”), Latin vērus (“true”), Old Irish fír (“true”), Old High German wār (“true”).[1]
Adjective[edit]
*wara
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “Proto-Albanian/wara”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 489