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shkal

Albanian edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Albanian *kall-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel- (“bend”). Cognate to Latin calco (“to spur”) and Lithuanian atsikalti (“to lean against (upon)”).

Verb edit

shkal (aorist shkela, participle shkelur)

  1. to tread, spur (on the heel)
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Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Albanian *skala, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to cut, split, chop”). Cognate to Ancient Greek σκάλλω (skállō, “to chop”), Lithuanian skeliù (“to split”) and Old Norse skilja (“id”).[1]

Verb edit

shkal (aorist shkela, participle shkelur)

  1. to bring down, drag, roll, charm (of fairies)
  2. noose, snare, trap

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References edit

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shkal”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 416
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