netull

Albanian

Alternative forms

nétullë
netëll — Dibër, Mat, Krujë

Etymology

According to Lafe, most likely a borrowing from Proto-Slavic *metъla, whence also the Balkan Romance *metula.

It has also been proposed to derive from a Venetian *netola (an otherwise unevidenced derivative of netar “to clean”). This, however, would not account for the Balkan Romance and Slavic forms.

Noun

nétull f

(botany) plants like great mullein or heather, often used to make brooms
(regional) broom
Synonym: fshesë
selvage (edge of fabric)

References

“netull”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980
Lafe, Genc. 2019. “Mbi (ri)përcaktimin e italianizmave në gjuhën shqipe”. In Basha, Eqrem (ed.), Studimet Albanistike në Itali. 383–406. Pristina: ASHAK.
Newmark, Leonard (1999), “netull”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎^[2], Oxford: Oxford University Press