huall
Albanian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editTwo possible etymologies:
- from Proto-Albanian *xāljā, from earlier *ksān and suffix -jā, from pre-Albanian *s-keh₂n, metathesis of Proto-Indo-European *kh₂en, oblique of *kóh₂r̥ (“wax”) (compare Greek κηρός (kirós), Lithuanian korỹs (“id”)).[1] The change of *n to l is irregular.
- from Proto-Albanian *skāla, further related to hollë (see there for more),[2] although admittedly very difficult to reconcile semantically.
Noun
edithuall m (plural hoje, definite hualli, definite plural hojet)
References
edit- ^ J.P. Mallory & D.Q. Adams, Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, s.v. "wax" (London: Fitzroy Dearborn, 1997), 637.
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “huall”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 151