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Albanian Corinth: morr
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Lexeme data
Language:
Albanian Corinth
Meaning:
louse
Source form:
morr
Phonological form:
Gloss:
Notes:
From PAlb *mērwa based on IE *mer- 'to die' as Gk φθειρ is based on φθειρω 'to destroy'. Holm claims this is hardly likely and prefers the IE origin *merh2- 'to squeeze' via PAlb mēr(e)n.
Cognate codes:
C
Sources of lexical data
Source:
Orel, Vladimir. 1998. Albanian Etymological Dictionary. Leiden: Brill.
Pages:
274
Reliability:
High
Source:
Holm, Hans J. 2011. "Swadesh lists" of Albanian Revisited and Consequences for Its Position in the Indo-European Languages, The Journal of Indo-European Studies, 39: 1&2, 1-53.
Pages:
25
Reliability:
Good (e.g. should be double checked)
Source:
Dyen, Isidore Kruskal, Joseph and Black, Paul (1992). An Indoeuropean Classification, a Lexicostatistical Experiment. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 82/5.
Reliability:
Good (e.g. should be double checked)
Comment:
Added second word final -r to original lexeme entry.
Cognate coding
Cognate Class C
Source:
Dyen, Isidore Kruskal, Joseph and Black, Paul (1992). An Indoeuropean Classification, a Lexicostatistical Experiment. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 82/5.
Reliability:
Good (e.g. should be double checked)