Albanian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Albanian *alanā, compare Latin ulna (forearm), Ancient Greek ὠλένη (ōlénē).[1] According to Huld, it's a borrowing from an ancient greek dialect from the Argead Kingdom labeled as Ancient Macedonian *ὠlénā (*ōlénā).[2]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

llërë f (plural llërë, definite llëra, definite plural llërët)

  1. upper arm

Declension edit

Holonyms edit

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 212
  2. ^ Huld, Martin E. (1986). "Accentual Stratification of Ancient Greek Loanwords in Albanian". Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung. 99 (2): 245–253