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Reconstruction:Proto-Albanian/slinjā

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

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sley- (“smooth; slick; sticky; slimy”). Cognate to Latvian sliẽnas (“saliva, mucus, slime”), Proto-Slavic *slina (“saliva”).[1]

Noun

*slinjā

  1. mud, silt

Descendants
  • Albanian: llënjëz

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “Proto-Albanian/slinjā”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 238
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