baltë

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *baltā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰoləto- 'white', a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *bʰelH- (“shining, white”). Cognate with Common Slavic *bolto (“swamp”), Lithuanian báltas (“white, shining”). Borrowed into Romanian baltă (“mud, swamp”) and Modern Greek βάλτος (váltos, “swamp”)[1]. Often considered an Illyrian substratum word.

Noun

baltë f

  1. mud

Synonims

References

  1. ↑ Orel, Vladimir (1998), “baltë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 15
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