blerë

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *blōr-, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰloh₁-ro-, from the root *bʰleh₁- (“blue, green, yellow”). Cognate to Latin flōrus (“golden yellow, reddish-yellow”)[1] and Proto-Germanic *blēwaz (“blue, dark”).

Adjective

blerë m (feminine blerëe)

  1. green
Derived terms

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 104
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