mjellmë
Albanian edit
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Etymology edit
From miell, because of its color; from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élbʰos (“white”). Structurally identical with Lithuanian melmuõ (“kidney stone”), Old Saxon melm (“sand, dust”) and Old High German melm (“dust”), both Proto-Germanic forms from *malmaz, *malmōn.
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Noun edit
mjellmë f (plural mjellma, definite mjellma, definite plural mjellmat)
- swan (Cygnus)
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Declension of mjellmë
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Descendants edit
- Aromanian: mielmã