Albanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Albanian *pelkja, from Proto-Indo-European *pelHk-. Compare Latin palūs (marsh), Latvian peļķe (puddle), and the like.[1]

Verb

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pelq (aorist pelqa, participle pelqur)

  1. to stir up water, make liquid turbid

References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “pelq”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 314