vjel

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Albanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Albanian *uell-, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₃-(s-) (to tear, seize upon).[1] Cognate to |Latin vello (to pluck, tug),[2] Latvian veli, Lithuanian vẽlės (the ghostly figures of the deceased), Gothic wilwan (to rob), and Hittite [Term?] (/⁠hullāi⁠/, fight, struggle).

Verb

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vjel (aorist vola, participle vjelë)

  1. to harvest, reap (cereals, profits), pick (cotton, fruit)
  2. (by extension) to gather (items for an collection or anthology)
  3. (by extension) to collect taxes

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ “Indogermanisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch”, J. Pokorny, 1959, Bern : Francke, p.1145
  2. ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 423