Reconstruction:Proto-Albanian/źaka

This Proto-Albanian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sokʷos (“sap, resin”). Compare Lithuanian sakai̇̃ (“resin”), Ancient Greek ὀπός (opós, “sap”), Proto-Slavic *sokъ (“juice”).[1]

Noun

*źaka

  1. blood

Descendants

  • Albanian: gjak

References

  1. ^ Forschungen, Stefan, Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 258
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