shkelm

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • shqelm

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *̥kalim-, from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“to bend”). Albanian formation with -m(ë)[1].

Noun

shkelm m

  1. footstep
  2. kick

References
  1. Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: Investigations into the Albanian Inherited Lexicon] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎ (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi
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