vonë

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *wānti, a participle in *-nti,[1] or from *wānā, reflecting Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂- (“to lack, be empty; to strive, to wish for, to love”). Compare Ancient Greek εὖνις (eûnis, “stolen; looted, lack, be short of”), Armenian ունայն (unayn, “empty, bare, lacking”), Latin vanus (“bare, lacking, empty, void, vacant”), Old Norse vanr (“lacking”).

Adverb

vonë

  1. late

Derived terms

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “vonë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 514
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