epër

See also: eper

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *apir, 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] Alternatively, Orel constructs Proto-Albanian *eupera, a secondary analogical ablaut variant of Proto-Indo-European *uperos.[2]

Adjective

epër m (feminine epëre)

  1. higher, upper

Derived terms

References
  1. 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
  2. Orel, Vladimir (1998), “epër”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 89
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.