Reconstruction:Illyrian/drenis

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Illyrian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰrēn- (drone, buzz).[1] Compare Albanian dre (deer), English drone, Ancient Greek θρήνος (thrḗnos, lament).[2]

Noun edit

*drenis

  1. deer

References edit

  1. ^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 395
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “Illyrian/drenis”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 72-3