Albanian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Albanian *en-salma, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂ls (salt). Related to ngjelmë with cognates including Ancient Greek ἅλς (háls), Latin sāl, Old Armenian աղ () and the like.[1]

Adjective edit

ngjelmët (feminine ngjelmëte)

  1. salty, briny

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See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “ngjelmët”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 298