mjellmë
Albanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From miell, because of its color; Serbo-Croatian лабуд (“id”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *h₂elbʰ (“white”). Structurally identical with Lithuanian melmuõ (“kidney stone”), Old Saxon melm (“sand, dust”) and Old High German melm (“dust”), both Proto-Germanic forms from *malmaz, *malmōn.
Pronunciation
Noun
mjellmë f (plural mjellma, definite mjellma, definite plural mjellmat)
- swan (Cygnus)
Declension
Declension of mjellmë
Descendants
- Aromanian: mielmã