pyll

From an earlier *pëdyll, borrowed from Late Latin padūlem (“swamp”), from a metathesis of Latin palūdem. Compare Romanian pădure, which shows the same change in meaning. Compare also Italian padule, which keeps the Latin sense.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [pyɫ]

pyll m (plural pyje, definite pylli, definite plural pyjet)

1. forest, wood

   Synonym: mal (Gheg)

• pylltar (“forester”)

• shul

From Proto-Germanic *pullijaz (“small pool, ditch, creek”), diminutive of *pullaz (“pool, stream”),

• IPA^(key): /pyll/, [pyɫ]

pyll m

1. tidal pool, inlet, sheltered bay

• English: pill