Reconstruction:Proto-Albanian/rāguša

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 *sr̥h₂gós (“berry”), oblique of *sróh₂gs. Compare Ancient Greek ῥώξ (rhṓx, “grape”), Latin frāgum (“strawberry”).[1][2]

Noun

*rāguša m

  1. grape (Vitis vinifera)

References

  1. ^ Oryol, Vladimir E. (1998), “rāguša”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 391
  2. ^ Paul Friedrich & D.Q. Adams, “Berry”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture (London: Fitzroy Dearborn, 1997), 63.
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