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Reconstruction:Proto-Albanian/apa
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Proto-Albanian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“away, off”). Cognate to Messapic [Term?] (apa, “from, out of, by”),[1] Ancient Greek ἀπά (apá, “away, off”), Sanskrit अप (apá).
Particle
*apa
- away
- without
Descendants
- Albanian: pa
Etymology 2
From Proto-Indo-European *h₁op-eio/e-, from *h₁ep- (“to take”). Cognate to Hittite 𒂊𒅁 (epp-, “to take, seize, grab”), Latin apīscor (“I grasp”), Ancient Greek ἅπτω (háptō, “fasten, bind”), Old Armenian ունիմ (unim, “possess”), Sanskrit आप्त (āpta, “to reach, gain, take possession of”), आप्नोति (āpnoti, “to obtain, to grasp”).[2] The verb is suppletive with past dhashë and participle dhënë from Proto-Indo-European *deh₃-.[3]
Verb
*apa
- I give (to)
Descendants
- Albanian: ap (Gheg dialect)
- Albanian: jap (Standard Albanian, Tosk)
References
- W. B. Lockwood, A Panorama of Indo-European languages, Hutchinson, 1972, p. 185
- Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
- 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 79