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perëndi

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Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Disputed. Different interpretations have been proposed:

  1. A possible reflection of the sky and thunder god (from Proto-Indo-European *per-en-, an extension of *per(H)- (“to strike”), confer Proto-Indo-European *PeruHnos and *Perkʷunos), attached to *di, the sky-god (*Dyḗws);[3][4]
  2. Derived from perëndoj (“to set (of the sun)”), which might be borrowed from Latin parentare (“to bring a sacrifice (to the dead); to satisfy”).[5][6][7]
  3. Latin imperantem (“ruling”); compare Albanian dielli perëndon (“the sun sets”), perhaps ultimately a calque of Ancient Greek ὁ ήλιος βασιλεύει (ho ḗlios basileúei, “the sun sets”, literally “the sun reigns”).[8]

Noun

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perëndi f (plural perëndi, definite perëndia, definite plural perënditë)

  1. (religion) God
  2. god, deity

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References

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  1. ^ Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 98, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder
  2. ^ Λεξικόν της Ρωμαϊκοις και Αρβανητηκής Απλής (Lexicon of the simple Romaic and Arbanitic language), page 117 & 84, by Markos Botsaris
  3. ^ West, M. L. (2007) Indo-European Poetry and Myth, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
  4. ^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers
  5. ^ If this view is correct, it might point to an Albanian solar cult; Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian‎[1], Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 263
  6. ^ Jakobson, Roman (1985). "Linguistic Evidence in Comparative Mythology". In Stephen Rudy (ed.). Roman Jakobson: Selected Writings. VII: Contributions to Comparative Mythology: Studies in Linguistics and Philology, 1972–1982. Walter de Gruyter
  7. ^ Treimer, Karl (1971). "Zur Rückerschliessung der illyrischen Götterwelt und ihre Bedeutung für die südslawische Philologie". In Henrik Barić (ed.). Arhiv za Arbanasku starinu, jezik i etnologiju. I. R. Trofenik. pp. 27–33.
  8. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “perëndi”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 315-6
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