| − | Compound of archaic and dialectal ''u'' and particle -''{{l|sq|në}}'' (cf. Tosk {{term|ti|lang=sq}} 'you' vs. Gheg {{term|tinë|lang=aln}}). ''U'' is from {{etyl|sqj-pro|sq}} {{recons|udz|lang=sqj-pro}}, from {{recons|uǵ|lang=sqj-pro}}, with vowel from {{termx|túh₂|lang=ine-pro}} (see {{l|sq|ti}}),<ref>J.P. Mallory & D.Q. Adams, eds., ''Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture'', s.v. "Pronouns" (London: Fitzroy-Dearborn, 1997), 454.</ref> from [[Proto-Indo-European]] {{termx|éǵh₂|h₁éǵ|lang=ine-pro}}.<ref>Vladimir Orel, ''Albanian Etymological Dictionary'', s.v. "unë" (Leiden, Netherlands: Brill 1998), 486.</ref> Accusative ''mua'' (var. ''mue'') is from emphatic {{recons|h₁mēm|lang=ine-pro}}, clitic ''më'' is from clitic {{recons|h₁me|lang=ine-pro}}, and ablative ''meje'' is from locative {{recons|h₁moí|lang=ine-pro}} + ''j'' + -''e'' (ablative ending of nouns). Arbëresh has {{term|uth|lang=aae}} (''u'' + diminutive -''th''). | + | Compound of archaic and dialectal ''u'' and particle -''{{l|sq|në}}'' (cf. Tosk {{term|ti|lang=sq}} 'you' vs. Gheg {{term|tinë|lang=aln}}). ''U'' is from {{etyl|sqj-pro|sq}} {{recons|udz|lang=sqj-pro}}, from {{recons|uǵ|lang=sqj-pro}}, with vowel from {{recons|túh₂|lang=ine-pro}} (see {{l|sq|ti}}),<ref>J.P. Mallory & D.Q. Adams, eds., ''Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture'', s.v. "Pronouns" (London: Fitzroy-Dearborn, 1997), 454.</ref> from [[Proto-Indo-European]] {{recons|éǵh₂|h₁éǵ|lang=ine-pro}}.<ref>Vladimir Orel, ''Albanian Etymological Dictionary'', s.v. "unë" (Leiden, Netherlands: Brill 1998), 486.</ref> Accusative ''mua'' (var. ''mue'') is from emphatic {{recons|h₁mēm|lang=ine-pro}}, clitic ''më'' is from clitic {{recons|h₁me|lang=ine-pro}}, and ablative ''meje'' is from locative {{recons|h₁moí|lang=ine-pro}} + ''j'' + -''e'' (ablative ending of nouns). Arbëresh has {{term|uth|lang=aae}} (''u'' + diminutive -''th''). |
