egjëll

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Albanian

Etymology

A compound of a privative particle e, from Proto-Albanian *a-, from Proto-Indo-European *n̥- and gjellë, literally "without food".[1]

Adverb

egjëll

  1. on an empty stomach

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “egjëll”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 86