diell

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *s(h₂)wél-jo- 'sun', from the oblique stem of *sóh₂wl̥. For the development of the initial compare djersë (“sweat”) from *sweyd-, and dergjem (“lie ill”) from mediopassive Proto-Indo-European *sworgʰ-eje- from *swergʰ (“watch over, worry”).

Noun

diell m (indefinite plural diej, definite singular dielli, definite plural diejtë)

  1. sun

Further reading
  • diell in Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe at shkenca.org
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