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
- sober, on an empty stomach
Related terms
- sillë
- egjëll
References
- Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 174
- Schumacher, Stefan; Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 229
- Orel, Vladimir (1998), “esëll”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Cologne: Brill, →ISBN, page 90