baltë
Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *baltā, hypothetically from a Proto-Indo-European *bʰoləto- (“white > marsh”), a derivative of *bʰelH- (“shining, white”). Cognate with Common Slavic *bolto (“swamp”), Lithuanian báltas (“white, shining”). Often considered an Illyrian substrate word instead.
Noun
baltë f
- mud
Related terms
- balë
Synonyms
- gjol
- qyl