Reconstruction:Proto-Albanian/dišbera

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 *diš- (away) +‎ *bera (to carry),[1] from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti (to be carrying).

Verb

*dišbera

  1. to lose

Descendants

  • Albanian: bjerr

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “bjerr”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 28

Further reading

  • Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: []] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 104