Reconstruction:Proto-Albanian/selpa

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 *sélp-os, from *selp- (“fat, oil”) +‎ *-os. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἔλπος (élpos, “fat, olive oil”).[1][2][3][4]

Noun

*selpa m or n[5]

  1. butter

Descendants

  • Albanian: gjalpë

References

  1. ^ de Vaan, Michiel (2017–2018) “Chapter XV: Albanian”, in Klein, Jared S., Joseph, Brian D., Fritz, Matthias, editors, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft [Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science]; 41.2), Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, § The phonology of Albanian, page 1745
  2. ^ Kölligan, Daniel (2017–2018) “Chapter XX: Proto-Indo-European”, in Klein, Jared S., Joseph, Brian D., Fritz, Matthias, editors, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft [Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science]; 41.2), Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, § The lexicon of Proto-Indo-European, page 2243
  3. ^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “*sélpes-”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 194
  4. ^ Forschungen, Stefan, Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 258
  5. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “gjalpë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 129: “PAlb *selpa”

Further reading

  • Demiraj, Bardhyl et al. (2021) “gjalpë”, in DPEWA. Digitales Philologisch-Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altalbanischen [DPEWA. Digital Philological-Etymological Dictionary of Old Albanian]
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