FromProto-Albanian*blöra-, from Pre-Proto-Albanian *blōra-, fromProto-Indo-European*bʰleh₁-r-ós, from the root*bʰleh₁-(“blue, green, yellow”). Cognate toLatinflōrus(“golden yellow, reddish-yellow”)[1] andProto-Germanic*blēwaz(“blue, dark”). Possibly borrowed fromProto-Celtic*blaros(“gray”),[2] compareblár.
i blerë (feminine pluraltë blera)
- green
blerë
- pastparticiple ofblej(“bought”)
- ^Demiraj, Bardhylet al. (2021), “blerë”, inDPEWA. Digitales Philologisch-Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altalbanischen [DPEWA. Digital Philological-Etymological Dictionary of Old Albanian]
- ^Oleander, T.(editor).(2022). Albanian.The indo-European Language family. p. 223-245. Hyllested, A. & Joseph, B. D.
- “blerë”, inFMGJSH: Fjalor i madh i gjuhës shqipe (in Albanian),2026
