vjel
Albanian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Albanian *uell-, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₃-(s-) (“to tear, seize upon”).[1] Cognate to |Latin vello (“to pluck, tug”),[2] Latvian veli, Lithuanian vẽlės (“the ghostly figures of the deceased”), Gothic wilwan (“to rob”), and Hittite [Term?] (/hullāi/, “fight, struggle”).
Verb edit
vjel (aorist vola, participle vjelë)
- to harvest, reap (cereals, profits), pick (cotton, fruit)
- (by extension) to gather (items for an collection or anthology)
- (by extension) to collect taxes
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References edit
- ^ “Indogermanisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch”, J. Pokorny, 1959, Bern : Francke, p.1145
- ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 423