gëloj

See also: geloj

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *gal-ānja, cognate to Old High German quellan (“to well up, pour out, stream from”) and Sanskrit गलति (gálati, “to drip, to drop, to ooze”). Ultimately from Latin jānua (“door, entrance”).[1]

Verb

gëloj (aorist gëlova, participle gëluar)

  1. to burst out
  2. to be gathered
  3. to blaze (on fire)

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “gëloj”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 113
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