avull

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *abula, from Proto-Indo-European *nebʰ-el (compare Latin nebula (“mist, cloud”), Old English nifol (“mist, darkness”), Ancient Greek νεφέλη (nephélē)), from *nébʰes (“cloud”). Compare also Romanian abur. Alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *ogʷolmo (cf. German Qualm (“fumes”))[1].

Noun

avull m (indefinite plural avuj, definite singular avulli, definite plural avujt)

  1. steam

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ Orel, Vladimir (1998), “avull”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 464
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