blerë
Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *blōr-, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰloh₁-ro-, from the root *bʰleh₁- (“blue, green, yellow”). Cognate to Latin flōrus (“golden yellow, reddish-yellow”)[1] and Proto-Germanic *blēwaz (“blue, dark”).
Adjective
blerë m (feminine blerëe)
- green
Derived terms
- blertë
- blerim
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 104