mbjell

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *en-pelna (“to sow”), a prefixed form of *pelna (“to beget”).

Verb

mbjell (aorist mbolla, participle mbjellur)

1. to sow, plant

Related terms

• pjell
• pelë

References

• Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “mbjell”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 251, 330