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Reconstruction:Proto-Albanian/rina

Proto-Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃rinéHti (“move”), present of *h₃reiH-. Etymologically identical with Illyrian 'ῥίνος άχλύς' (Illyrian *rhinos (“fog, mist”)) and Messapic ῥινός (“fog, mist, cloud”).[1]

Noun

*rina

  1. cloud(s)

Descendants

References
  1. Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Vladimir Ė. Orel, Brill, 1998, page 366 [see: re ~ rê, 'cloud(s)'])
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