shlligë

Albanian

Alternative forms

• shëlligë

Etymology

Either from a tabooistic description derived from lig, or from *lligë, from Proto-Albanian *sligā, the same Indo-European root of Old Irish selige (“turtle”) and German schleichen (“to crawl”), from Proto-Indo-European *sleyg-, *sleyǵ- (“to glide, smooth, spread”).

Noun

shlligë f (plural shlliga, definite shlliga, definite plural shlligat)

1. viper

   Synonyms: rrëshajë, nepërkë

Related terms

• lig