Albanian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Albanian *supna, from Proto-Indo-European *súpnos (compare Latin somnus, Lithuanian sãpnas, Ancient Greek ὕπνος (húpnos), Proto-Slavic *sъnъ).[1] Also reconstructed as Proto-Albanian *źupnʉh. modërn descends from Proto-Indo-European *-ós as Proto-Albanian *-ʉh[2]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

gjumë m (definite gjumi)

  1. sleep
  2. lethargy

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References edit

  1. ^ Schumacher, Stefan, Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 215
  2. ^ Matasovic, Ranko. A Grammatical Sketch of Albanian for Students of Indo-European. 2019. Zagreb. page 11.