esëll

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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

  1. sober, on an empty stomach

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “esëll”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 90