> On Thu, 29 Apr 2004 16:01:31 +0200, Sergejus Tarasovas
> >Other Alb. forms: vide? [f] (g) `dove'; vit/d [interjection] {2} (g)
> >
> >See also: avdose?
Other Alb. forms: vidë [f] (g) `dove'; vit/d [interjection] {2} (g)
See also: avdosë
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Albanian form: avdosë [f] (tg) {1}
Meaning: chaffinch
Proto-Albanian: (h)aui
Other Alb. forms: afçë [f] (tg) `greenfinch' {2}
See also: vito
Page in Demiraj AE: 84
IE reconstruction: h2eui-
Meaning of the IE root: bird
Certainty: +
Page in Pokorny: 86
Latin: avis `bird'
Armenian: haw `bird'
Notes: {1} Compositional formation with -dosë `sow; mother animal'. {2}
Diminutive formation with -çë.
Sergei