Reconstruction:Proto-Albanian/lāpā

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

From Proto-Indo-European *leh₂p- (compare Latvian lùops (“cattle”), Old Irish lóeg (“calf”)).[1]

Noun

*lāpā

  1. cow

Descendants

  • Albanian: lopë

References

  1. ^ Ranko Matasović, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden: Brill, 2009), p. 231.
  • Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “lopë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 231
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