vonë
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Albanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Albanian *wānti, a participle in *-nti,[1] or from *wānā, reflecting Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂- (“to lack, be empty; to strive, to wish for, to love”). Compare Ancient Greek εὖνις (eûnis, “stolen; looted, lack, be short of”), Armenian ունայն (unayn, “empty, bare, lacking”), Latin vanus (“bare, lacking, empty, void, vacant”), Old Norse vanr (“lacking”).
Adverb[edit]
vonë
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References[edit]
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “vonë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 514