Albanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Albanian *mlē(n-), from Proto-Indo-European *melh₁- (to crush, grind). Cognate to Old Church Slavonic млѣти (mlěti, to grind).[1] Alternatively, according to Orel, from Latin molere (to grind), with the same buccalization of m before l as seen in bletë from melitta,[2] though note that others such as Demiraj derive bletë from Proto-Albanian, with the same shift of m to b before l nonetheless. In any case, see Proto-Indo-European *melh₂-.

Verb

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bluaj (aorist blova, participle bluar)

  1. to grind

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: []] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 268
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian[2], Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 113

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Adjective

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bluaj

  1. plural of blua