lëmë

See also: leme, Leme, and lemé

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *(a)lōu-m- '(threshing-, malting-)floor', with enlargement in -mo- or -mn/men-. Cognate to Ancient Greek ἀλωή (alōḗ, “(threshing-)floor”), Old Norse lófi (“(threshing-)floor”), Old High German lam (“lame”)[1].

Noun

lëmë m

  1. (threshing-) floor, threshing

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