Reconstruction:Proto-Albanian/nera

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 Proto-Indo-European *h₂nḗr.[1] Cognate with Messapic 𐌍𐌄𐌓 (ner, “man”), Proto-Italic *nēr.

Noun

*nera

  1. man
  2. human, person, individual

Descendants

  • Albanian: njer, njeri

References

  1. ^ Oryol, Vladimir E. (1998), “nera”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 304
  • Leonard Newmark, Philip Hubbard, Peter R. Prifti (1982), Standard Albanian: a reference grammar for students (in Proto-Albanian), page 283: “The indeterminate pronoun njëri ‘anyone’ is clearly distinguished semantically and grammatically from the noun njeri ‘man, person’.”
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