esëll

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Albanian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Albanian *a-tšilna[1] or *a-čila-,[2] a compound equivalent to a privative e- (from *a-, from Proto-Indo-European *n̥-) + sillë (breakfast). Interpretible as e- +‎ sille (breakfast) A similar formation to egjëll.[3]

Adverb[edit]

esëll

  1. sober, on an empty stomach

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian[1], Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 174
  2. ^ The template Template:R:sq:Schumacher-Matzinger does not use the parameter(s):
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    Schumacher, Stefan, Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 229
  3. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “esëll”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 90