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Albanian
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Etymology
According to Orel, from dialectal dëllënjë, from Proto-Albanian *daislanjā, from *daislā (“tendon, sinew”) (modern dell). According to Çabej (corroborated by Demiraj), a derivative of dyllë (“wax, sap”) > *dyɫinjə with the -inj plural suffix. According to Topalli, the root could have been inherited from Proto-Indo-European *dʰayl- (“part, watershed”) with the same plural suffix.
Pronunciation
Noun
dëllinjë f (plural dëllinja, definite dëllinja, definite plural dëllinjat)
- (botany) juniper (Juniperus communis)
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References
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “dëllinjë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 63
- ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: ] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7) (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 132
- ^ Topalli, K. (2017) “dëllinjë”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, pages 377-378