sillë
Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *čīlā, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷih₁-leh₂, compare English while, Latin tranquillus, Sanskrit चिरः (ciráḥ).[1]
Noun
sillë f (indefinite plural silla, definite singular silla, definite plural sillat)
- (old) food brought out in the morning to a farmer working in the field
- late breakfast, brunch
Derived terms
- silloj
Related terms
- sjell
- shprishë
References
- Stefan Schumacher & Joachim Matzinger, Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 2013), 225.