thëngjill
Albanian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Albanian *tsangila, with *ts- prefix, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óngʷl̥ (“charcoal, coal”).[1]
Noun
editthëngjill m (plural thëngjij, definite thëngjilli, definite plural thëngjijtë)
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “thëngjill”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 476
Further reading
edit- Bardhi, F. (1635) Dictionarium Latino Epiroticum (overall work in Latin and Albanian), page 10: “carbo — ξenghiil”