Reconstruction:Proto-Albanian/smekrā

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 *sméḱreh₂ with centumization, from an original neuter noun *smóḱwr̥, as continued by Hittite 𒍝𒈠𒀭𒆳 (za-ma-an-kur /⁠tsmá(n)gur⁠/).[1][2]

Noun edit

*smekrā f[1]

  1. beard

Descendants edit

  • Albanian: mjekër

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “mjekër”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 269
  2. ^ Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) “zama(n)kur”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1029