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Reconstruction:Illyrian/drakoina

Illyrian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dorkw-o-.Cognate to Ancient Greek δόρπον (dórpon, “supper, dinner; evening”) and Albanian darkë (“supper, dinner; evening”)[1]. Has entered the declension of the feminine ā-stems. According to A. Lubotsky and M. de Vaan, considering the distribution of the term, Greek, Albanian and Illyrian strongly suggest borrowings from an old Balkan substrate source.[2]

Noun

*drakoina

  1. supper, dinner (evening meal)
  2. feast

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (1998) Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN
  2. Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: Investigations into the Albanian Inherited Lexicon] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎ (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 123
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