baltë

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *baltā, hypothetically from a Proto-Indo-European *bʰoləto- (“white > marsh”), a derivative of *bʰelH- (“shining, white”). Cognate with Common Slavic *bolto (“swamp”), Lithuanian báltas (“white, shining”). Often considered an Illyrian substrate word instead.

Noun

baltë f

  1. mud

Synonyms

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