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Reconstruction:Proto-Albanian/antā

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

Etymology

From *anja (“to breathe”)[1], from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁- (“to breathe”), + *-tā (nominal suffix). Compare semantics of Tocharian B āñme (“wish, desire; self, inner being, soul”)[2]. Possibly related to the personal name Illyrian *Andis.

Noun

*antā

  1. desire, inclination, pleasure

Descendants

References
  1. Meyer, Gustav (1891), “aj”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, pages 5-6: “anjô”
  2. Adams, Douglas Q. (2013), “āñme”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 43-44
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