Reconstruction:Illyrian/drakoina

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Illyrian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *dorkw-o-.Cognate to Ancient Greek δόρπον (dórpon, supper, dinner; evening) and Albanian darkë (supper, dinner; evening).[1] Has entered the declension of the feminine ā-stems. According to A. Lubotsky and M. de Vaan, considering the distribution of the term, Greek, Albanian and Illyrian strongly suggest borrowings from an old Balkan substrate source.[2]

Noun edit

*drakoina

  1. supper, dinner (evening meal)
  2. feast

Related terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “Illyrian/drakoina”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN
  2. ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: []] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 123