mjel

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • (arch.) mjelg, Gheg mîl

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *melj́-о̄, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ-.[1] Cognate to Latin mulgeō (I milk), Ancient Greek ἀμέλγω (amélgō, I milk), Old English melcan (to milk).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mjɛl/

Verb

mjel (first-person singular past tense mola, participle mjelë)

  1. I milk
  2. I exploit

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. Stefan Schumacher & Joachim Matzinger, Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 2013), 246.
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