shkelm
Albanian
Alternative forms
- shqelm
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *̥kalim-, from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“to bend”). Albanian formation with -m(ë).[1]
Noun
shkelm m
- footstep
- kick
Related terms
- shkal
- shkel
References
- Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: Investigations into the Albanian Inherited Lexicon] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7) (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi