diell

Albanian

Etymology

Disputed:

  1. From Proto-Albanian *delwa, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (gleam, yellow), a tabooistic substitute of the original *sóh₂wl̥, based on a color objective. Cognate with Sanskrit हरि (hari), Latin helvus, Lithuanian žalias.[1]
  2. From Proto-Indo-European *sh₂wél-yo- (sun), from the oblique stem of *sóh₂wl̥. For the development of the initial compare djersë (sweat) from *sweyd-, and dergjem (lie ill), from mediopassive Proto-Indo-European *sworgʰ-eje-, from *swergʰ- (watch over, worry).

Noun

diell m (indefinite plural diej, definite singular dielli, definite plural diejt)

  1. sun

Declension

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir (1998) Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page -

Further reading

  • diell”, in FGjSh: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • “diell”, in FGjSSh: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language] (in Albanian), 1980
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