Albanian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Albanian *bardzmā, derived from *bardzā > bardhë (white), with a typical semantic pattern for the nomination of bark and bast. Compare Proto-Slavic *lyko (bast) from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (light, shine).[1]

Noun edit

barmë f

  1. bast

Related terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “barmë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 18.