bumballë

Albanian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *baxmb- (“kind of noise”). Cognate to Ancient Greek βόμβος (bómbos, “a boom, deep hollow noise”), βομβύκια (bombúkia, “humming insects”), Old Norse bumba (“drum”).

Noun

bumballë m

1. cockroach, beetle
2. bumblebee (dialectal)