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vjel

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Albanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Albanian *uell-, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₃-(s-) (“to tear, seize upon”).[1] Cognate to |Latin vello (“to pluck, tug”),[2] Latvian veli, Lithuanian vẽlės (“the ghostly figures of the deceased”), Gothic wilwan (“to rob”), and Hittite [Term?] (/⁠hullāi⁠/, “fight, struggle”).

Verb

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vjel (aorist vola, participle vjelë)

  1. to harvest, reap (cereals, profits), pick (cotton, fruit)
  2. (by extension) to gather (items for a collection or anthology)
  3. (by extension) to collect taxes

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ “Indogermanisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch”, J. Pokorny, 1959, Bern : Francke, p.1145
  2. ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 423
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