jezull

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *aidza + -ull, close to Ancient Greek αἴθαλος (aíthalos, “thick smoke, ashes, soot”). Phonetically possible also from Proto-Indo-European *eǵʰerom (“lake”), from the stem *eǵʰ- (“border”), cf. Proto-Balto-Slavic *eźera-, Lithuanian ẽžeras, Old Prussian assaran ([azaran], “lake”) and the like. Orel simply derives it from jezer, which he considers a borrowing from Slavic with a metaphorical shift in meaning.

Noun

jezull m (plural jezuj, definite jezulli, definite plural jezujt)

1. cloud of dust or smoke
2. ashes

Synonyms

• jezer

References

• Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “jezull”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 159