< Reconstruction:Proto-Albanian
Reconstruction:Proto-Albanian/apir
Proto-Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h1(o/e)pi (“on, upon”). Cognate to Ancient Greek ὄπιθε (ópithe, “behind”), ὄπιθεν (ópithen, “behind”) (Alternative form of ὄπισθεν (ópisthen, “behind, backwards, in the future”)).[1]
Adjective
*apir
- higher, upper
Descendants
- Albanian: epër
- Albanian: epërmë, Albanian: epërme
- Albanian: tepër, Albanian: tepërt
- Albanian: vepër
References
- 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 167