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Albanian
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Etymology
From earlier *kaltënë, borrowed from Vulgar Latin *calthinus (“yellow, yellowish”), from Latin caltha (“marigold”). Ultimately from Ancient Greek κάλαθος (kálathos).
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Adjective
kaltër
- sky blue, light blue
- blue
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References
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “kaltër”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 166–167
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 57
- ^ Meyer, G. (1891) “kál'tɛrɛ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, pages 170–171