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Reconstruction:Illyrian/drenis

Illyrian

Etymology

Identical to Hesychian ἀρανίς (aranís) (misspelling of δρανίς (dranís, “deer”)), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrēn- (“drone, buzz”).[1] Compare English drone, Ancient Greek θρήνος (thrḗnos, “lament”)).[2]

Noun

*drenis

  1. deer

Descendants

References
  1. Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q., editors (1997) Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 395
  2. Orel, Vladimir (1998), “Illyrian/drenis”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Cologne: Brill, →ISBN, pages 72-3
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