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thëri

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See also: theri-

Albanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Albanian *tsanidā,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *-níd- (“nit”). Compare Serbo-Croatian gnjida, Old High German hniz, Greek κόνιδα (kónida) (κονίς (konís)). Matzinger suggests *ćanidā as the Proto-Albanian form instead.[2]

Noun

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thëri f (plural thëri)

  1. nit

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References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “thëri”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 50
  2. ^ Schumacher, Stefan, Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 236
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