huall
Albanian
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Albanian *xāljā, from earlier *ksān and suffix -jā, from pre-Albanian *s-keh₂n, metathesis of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *kh₂en, oblique of *kóh₂r̥ (“wax”) (compare Greek κηρός (kirós), Lithuanian korỹs (“id”)).[1] The change of *n to l is irregular.
Noun
huall m (plural hoje, definite hualli, definite plural hojet)
Related terms
References
- ^ J.P. Mallory & D.Q. Adams, Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, s.v. "wax" (London: Fitzroy Dearborn, 1997), 637.