akull

Albanian
Alternative forms
  • akëll

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *auK-(ul-), from Proto-Indo-European *Houk ‘cold, frost’. Cognate to Armenian ոյծ (oyc, “cold, frost”)[1]. Also compare Hittite 𒂊𒅗 (eka, “ice”), Latvian auksts. Possible relation to Proto-Germanic *jakulaz (“ice, glacier”) (cf. Old Norse jaki, jǫkull (“glacier”)) is uncertain.

Noun

akull m (indefinite plural akuj, definite singular akulli, definite plural akujt)

  1. ice
Derived terms

References
  1. Albanische Etymologien (Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz), Bardhyl Demiraj, Leiden Studies in Indo-European 7; Amsterdam - Atlanta 1997, pp. 74
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