halë
Albanian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From the development of the sense “splinter, pointed tip, awn” to “pine needles” (see Etymology 2 below) and then narrowed to the specific tree name.[1] For the semantic development, compare Icelandic barr (“pine needles”) from Proto-Germanic *baraz (“(awn of) barley”).
Alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élsnos (“alder”) (compare Lithuanian al̃ksnis, Latin alnus), derivative of *h₂élis- (compare dialectal Serbo-Croatian jelha, Dutch els). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Noun[edit]
halë f (plural hala, definite hala, definite plural halat)
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Etymology 2[edit]
From Proto-Albanian *skalā, from Proto-Indo-European *skoléh₂ (compare English shale, Lithuanian skalà (“splinter”)), from the root *skel(H)- (“to split”).[1]
Noun[edit]
halë f (plural hala, definite hala, definite plural halat)
- awn, beard of grain
- fishbone
- leaf of a conifer, pine needle, aciculum
- pointed tip
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References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “halë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 141
- Albanian 1-syllable words
- Albanian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Albanian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Albanian lemmas
- Albanian nouns
- Albanian feminine nouns
- sq:Pines
- Albanian terms inherited from Proto-Albanian
- Albanian terms derived from Proto-Albanian
- Albanian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- sq:Grains
- sq:Bones
- sq:Fish