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Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *(a)lōu-m- (“(threshing-, malting-)floor”), with enlargement in -mo- or -mn/men-. Cognate to Ancient Greek ἅλως (hálōs, “(threshing-)floor”), Old Norse lófi (“(threshing-)floor”), Old High German lam (“lame”).[1]
Noun
lëmë m
- (threshing-) floor, threshing
- garden (Arvanitika, Tetovo)
References
- ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: ] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7) (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi