baltë

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Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *baltā, hypothetically from a Proto-Indo-European *bʰoləto- (“white > marsh”), a derivative of *bʰelH- (“shining, white”). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *bolto (“swamp”), Lithuanian báltas (“white, shining”). Often considered an Illyrian substrate word instead.[1]

Noun

baltë f

  1. mud

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “baltë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 15
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