vetull

Albanian

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from Vulgar Latin vittula, diminutive of Latin vitta (“band, headband”),^[1] although very uncertain since the word is not attested anywhere in old manuscripts or in the Romance languages. Çabej considers it an inherited word; compare Proto-Balto-Slavic *wṓˀka (“eyelid”).^[2]

Noun

vetull f (plural vetulla, definite vetulla, definite plural vetullat)

References

^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “vetull”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 503
^ R.Trofenik, "Zeitschrift für Balkanologie, Band 24", the University of Virginia, 1988, p. 89

[1] Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “vetull”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 503

[2] R.Trofenik, "Zeitschrift für Balkanologie, Band 24", the University of Virginia, 1988, p. 89

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