Albanian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Albanian *lubnaka, from Proto-Indo-European *leubh (to peel, to skin). Cognate to Lithuanian lubà (board (of a ceiling)), Latvian luba (bark, board), Old Prussian lubbo (board) and Proto-Slavic *lьbь (forehead, skull).[1]

Noun edit

lumak f

  1. bud, shoot; lichen, moss

Related terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “lumak”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 235