Prende

Albanian Alternative forms sq Prendë Përende Prene Prenë Prena Prendja Gheg definite definite sq Premtë Premte Preme Premtja Prema Tosk definite definite Etymology Prendë, e Premtë and Përende derive from sq ine-pro *pers-é-bʰ(h₂)n̥t-ih₂ she who brings the light through, akin to grc Περσεφάττα, variant of grc Περσεφόνη.Hyllested, A., & Joseph, B. (2022). Albanian. In T. Olander (Ed.), The Indo-European Language Family: A Phylogenetic Perspective (pp. 223-245). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781108758666.013 According to Hyllested, sq Premtë is primary, with Prende a result of influence from sq perëndi (the continuation of the Indo-European thunder-god). He posits that the Venus-like character in Proto-Albanian originally referred to a figure partly possessing Persephone’s features, and thus can give meaning to sq perëndoj to set of the sun; to disappear; to pass; go to the underworld as an inner-Albanian denominative verb ‘to act like Persephone’., Hyllested, A. (2024), The Speakers of Indo- European and Their World, 17th Fachtagung of the Society for Indo-European Studies (pp. 60) Proper noun f Prenda sq mythology goddess of dawn, love, beauty, fertility, health and protector of women Albanian equivalent to Venus, Freyja and Aphrodite sq Afërditë sq religion Saint Anne Christian saint sq religion Saint Veneranda Christian saint sq religion Paraskevi of Rome Christian saint, whose day was celebrated on 26 July sq female Derived terms sq e premte Related terms sq perëndi sq praj sq Prend sq Preng References