tangallë
Albanian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Albanian *tangā (“thick forest”), close to Lithuanian tankù, Old Norse þéttr (“thick”).[1] Possibly a derivative of tangë, with a semantic innovation.
Noun
edittangallë f (plural tangalla, definite tangalla, definite plural tangajet)
Related terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “tangallë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 449