huall

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *xāljā, from earlier *ksān and suffix -jā, from pre-Albanian *s-keh₂n, metathesis of Proto-Indo-European *kh₂en, oblique of *kóh₂r̥ ‘wax’ (compare Greek κηρός (kirós), Lithuanian korỹs ‘honeycomb’).[1] The change of *n to l is irregular.

Noun

huall m (indefinite plural hoje, definite singular hualli, definite plural hojet)

  1. honeycomb

References
  1. J.P. Mallory & D.Q. Adams, Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, s.v. "wax" (London: Fitzroy Dearborn, 1997), 637.
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