The article shows that the number of the traditionally assumed Ancient Greek loanwords in Albanian is overestimated and should be lowered. Both phonological and chronological issues lead us to conclude that three Albanian nouns – namely kum ‘wave’, okër ‘einkorn, rye; chickling, grass pea’, qershí ‘cherry-tree, cherry’ – no longer can be regarded as loanwords from Ancient Greek.
Contatto linguistico nei Balcani antichi: ulteriori elementi per una riconsiderazione dei grecismi antichi in albanese / Di Giovine, P.. - In: ATTI DEL SODALIZIO GLOTTOLOGICO MILANESE. - ISSN 1972-9901. - (2026), pp. 57-68. [10.54103/1972-9901/31921]
Contatto linguistico nei Balcani antichi: ulteriori elementi per una riconsiderazione dei grecismi antichi in albanese
Paolo Di GiovinePrimo
2026
Abstract
The article shows that the number of the traditionally assumed Ancient Greek loanwords in Albanian is overestimated and should be lowered. Both phonological and chronological issues lead us to conclude that three Albanian nouns – namely kum ‘wave’, okër ‘einkorn, rye; chickling, grass pea’, qershí ‘cherry-tree, cherry’ – no longer can be regarded as loanwords from Ancient Greek.File allegati a questo prodotto
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