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Albanian Etymological Dictionary

By Vladimir E. Orel

Book information

Publisher
Brill Academic Publishers
Year
1998
ISBN
9004110240, 9789004110243
LCC
PG9583.5 .O74 1998
Open Library ID
OL353544M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
27 MB (28148408 bytes)
Pages
705\705
Topic
Linguistics Foreign
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40
Языки и языкознание;Албанский язык;Словари и разго

Description

This volume is a new compendium of Albanian etymology tracing thousands of modern Albanian words back to their origins. It contains detailed information on the Indo-European vocabulary preserved in Albanian as well as on numerous loanwords coming from ancient Greek, Latin, early Romance and Slavic. The ancient elements of the Albanian vocabulary are used for the reconstruction of their Proto-Albanian origin and then compared with their Indo-European parallels. The history of Indo-European words and of early loanwords in Albanian shows the history and culture of the Albanian people reflected in the etymology of the Albanian language. The book also includes a short sketch of Albanian historical phonetics and a vast bibliography. Every entry is extensively documented and contains earlier etymological explanations and interpretations.

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