shkal

Albanian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃkal/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Albanian *kall-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel- (“bend”). Cognate to Latin calco (“to spur”) and Lithuanian atsikalti (“to lean against (upon)”).

Verb

shkal (aorist shkela, participle shkelur)

  1. to tread, spur (on the heel)
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Etymology 2

From Proto-Albanian *skala, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to cut, split, chop”). Cognate to Ancient Greek σκάλλω (skállō, “to chop”), Lithuanian skeliù (“to split”) and Old Norse skilja (“id”).[1]

Verb

shkal (aorist shkela, participle shkelur)

  1. to bring down, drag, roll, charm (of fairies)
  2. noose, snare, trap

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shkal”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 416
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