akull

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • akëll

Etymology

Two possible etymologies:

  1. Demiraj derives it from Proto-Albanian *auK-(ul-), from Proto-Indo-European *Houk- (“cold, frost”). Cognate to Armenian ոյծ (oyc, “cold, frost”).[1]
  2. Orel considers it to be a loanword from East Germanic, from Proto-Germanic *jekulaz[2].

Noun

akull m (indefinite plural akuj, definite singular akulli, definite plural akujt)

  1. ice

Derived terms

References
  1. Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: Investigations into the Albanian Inherited Lexicon] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎ (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 74
  2. Orel, Vladimir (1998), “akull”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 3
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