Reconstruction:Proto-Albanian/wīja

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 *weh₁yos (“twisted”), from *weh₁y- (“to twist, to twine”). Cognate to Latin vīeō, Sanskrit वयति (váyati), Lithuanian výti, Proto-Slavic *viti.[1]

Adjective

*wīja

  1. twisted, woven

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Oryol, Vladimir E. (1998), “wīja”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 510
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