thel

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *tsala, cognate to Sanskrit शाल (śalá, “stick, cane”), Old Irish cail (“spear”), Old Norse hali (“point of a pole”)[1].

Noun

thel m (indefinite plural thela, definite singular thela, definite plural thelat)

  1. big nail, clapper

References
  1. Albanian Etymological Dictionary, V.Orel, Koninklijke Brill ,Leiden Boston Köln 1998, p.473
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