Albany
English
proper noun
Definitions
- (archaic) Scotland north of the River Forth.
Etymology
Derived from Latin Albania derived from Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic Alba (Scotland) derived from Old Irish Albu (Britain, Scotland) derived from Proto-Celtic *albiyū (world, the upper world, white, alp) derived from Proto-Indo-European *albʰós, *h₂elbʰos (white).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*albʰós, *h₂elbʰos
Gloss
white
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
白
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Albania Latin
- Albanus Latin
- Albiones Latin
- Алба́ния Russian
- *albʰós Proto-Indo-European
- *albʰós, *h₂elbʰos Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂elbʰós Proto-Indo-European
- オールバニ Japanese
- Alba Irish
- Albanie Old French
- Albània Catalan, Valencian
- Albu Old Irish
- Alba Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- Alba Nuadh Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- Albannach Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- Albey Manx
- *albiyū Proto-Celtic
- Ἀλβανία gkm
- *ėlβɨð Proto-Brythonic
- elbid Old Welsh