shkal

Albanian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃkal/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Albanian *kall-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel- (“bend”). Cognate to Latin calco (“to spur”) and Lithuanian atsikalti (“to lean against (upon)”).

Verb

shkal (first-person singular past tense shkela, participle shkelur)

  1. I tread, spur (on the heel)
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Etymology 2

From Proto-Albanian *skala, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to cut, split, chop”). Cognate to Ancient Greek σκάλλω (skállō, “to chop”), Lithuanian skeliù (“to split”) and Old Norse skilja (“id”).[1]

Verb

shkal (first-person singular past tense shkela, participle shkelur)

  1. I bring down, drag, roll, charm (of fairies)
  2. noose, snare, trap

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (1998) Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 416
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