gëloj

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Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *gal-ānja, cognate to Old High German quellan (to well up, pour out, stream from) and Sanskrit गलति (gálati, to drip, to drop, to ooze). Ultimately from Latin jānua (door, entrance).[1]

Verb

gëloj (aorist gëlova, participle gëluar)

  1. to burst out
  2. to be gathered
  3. to blaze (on fire)

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “gëloj”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 113