halë
Albanian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From the development of the sense “splinter, pointed tip, awn” to “pine needles” (see Etymology 2 below) and then narrowed to the specific tree name.[1] For the semantic development, compare Icelandic barr (“pine needles”) from Proto-Germanic *baraz (“(awn of) barley”).
Alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élsnos (“alder”) (compare Lithuanian al̃ksnis, Latin alnus), derivative of *h₂élis- (compare dialectal Serbo-Croatian jelha, Dutch els). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Noun edit
halë f (plural hala, definite hala, definite plural halat)
Inflection edit
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Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Albanian *skalā, from Proto-Indo-European *skoléh₂ (compare English shale, Lithuanian skalà (“splinter”)), from the root *skel(H)- (“to split”).[1]
Noun edit
halë f (plural hala, definite hala, definite plural halat)
- awn, beard of grain
- fishbone
- leaf of a conifer, pine needle, aciculum
- pointed tip
Inflection edit
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References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “halë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 141