Reconstruction:Proto-Albanian/apsera

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Reconstruction:Proto-Albanian/apsera

Proto-Albanian

Alternative forms

• *asper(a)

Etymology

Representing a contamination of *aps, reflected in Greek ἄψ (ἄps, “backwards”), a variant of Proto-Indo-European *apo- (“off, away”), with Proto-Indo-European *apero-. Cognate to Sanskrit अपर (ápara, “posterior, later, following”), Gothic 𐌰𐍆𐌰𐍂 (afar, “after”), Old Persian 𐎠𐎱𐎼 (apara, “later, after”), Avestan 𐬀𐬞𐬀𐬭𐬀‎ (apara, “more behind, later”).[1]

Preposition

*apsera

1. at, beside, by, near, nearby, near to, next to

Descendants

• Albanian: afër

Related terms

• Proto-Albanian *apa[2]
  • Albanian: pa

References

1. Orel, Vladimir (1998), “Proto-Albanian/apsera”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 1
2. W. B. Lockwood, A Panorama of Indo-European languages, Hutchinson, 1972, p. 185