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The Early Proto-Albanian word *plāgā
Word
*plāgā
Transliteration
plaga
Meaning
slaughter
,
carnage
See also
Homeric Greek:
πληγή
‘blow, stroke’
Proto-Indo-European:
*pleh₂k-
‘to hit’
Comments
See V. Orel (2008)
Mod. Albanian ploje, PIE *plehg- 'to hit', Greek πληγή 'blow, stroke', Latin plaga 'blow, slaughter'