esëll
Albanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
A compound consisting of privative e-, from Proto-Albanian *a, from Proto-Indo-European *n̥- + sillë (“breakfast”), from *čīlā, a similar formation to egjëll.[1]
Adverb
esëll
- sober, on an empty stomach
Related terms
References
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “esëll”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 90