egjëll

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *a-salwa,^[1] a compound equivalent to a privative e- (from *a-, from Proto-Indo-European *n̥-) + gjellë, literally "without food".^[2] Modern reinterpretation as simply e- +‎ gjëlle (“starving”).

Adverb

egjëll

on an empty stomach

Related terms

References

^ Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian‎^[1], Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 174
^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “egjëll”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 86

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