egjëll

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Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *a-salwa,[1] a compound equivalent to a privative e- (from *a-, from Proto-Indo-European *n̥-) + gjellë, literally "without food".[2] Modern reinterpretation as simply e- +‎ gjëlle (starving).

Adverb

egjëll

  1. on an empty stomach

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 174
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “egjëll”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 86