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Reconstruction:Proto-Albanian/apir

Proto-Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h1(o/e)pi (“on, upon”). Cognate to Ancient Greek ὄπιθε (ópithe, “behind”), ὄπιθεν (ópithen, “behind”) (Alternative form of ὄπισθεν (ópisthen, “behind, backwards, in the future”)).[1]

Adjective

*apir

  1. higher, upper

Descendants
  • Albanian: epër
    • Albanian: epërmë, Albanian: epërme
    • Albanian: tepër, Albanian: tepërt
    • Albanian: vepër

References
  1. Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: Investigations into the Albanian Inherited Lexicon] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎ (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 167
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