esëll

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • esull

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *a-tšilna[1] or *a-čila-[2], a compound equivalent to a privative e- (from *a-, from Proto-Indo-European *n̥-) + sillë (“breakfast”). Interpretible as e- +‎ sille (“breakfast”) A similar formation to egjëll.[3]

Adverb

esëll

  1. sober, on an empty stomach

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian‎, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 174
  2. Schumacher, Stefan; Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 229
  3. Orel, Vladimir (1998) Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 90
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