esëll
Albanian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Albanian *a-tšilna[1] or *a-čila-,[2] a compound equivalent to a privative e- (from *a-, from Proto-Indo-European *n̥-) + sillë (“breakfast”). Interpretible as e- + sille (“breakfast”) A similar formation to egjëll.[3]
Adverb
[edit]esëll
- sober, on an empty stomach
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian[1], Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 174
- ^ The template Template:R:sq:Schumacher-Matzinger does not use the parameter(s):
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Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.Schumacher, Stefan, Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 229 - ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “esëll”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 90