halë

See also: hale, Hale, halé, hâlé, hâle, and halę

Albanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /haːl/

Etymology 1

From the development of the sense “splinter, pointed tip, awn” to “pine needles” (see Etymology 2 below) and then narrowed to the specific tree name.[1] For the semantic development, compare Icelandic barr (pine needles) from Proto-Germanic *baraz ((awn of) barley).

Alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élsnos (alder) (compare Lithuanian al̃ksnis, Latin alnus), derivative of *h₂élis- (compare dialectal Serbo-Croatian jelha, Dutch els). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Noun

halë f (plural hala, definite hala, definite plural halat)

  1. Austrian pine, European black pine (Pinus nigra)
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  • halëz

Etymology 2

From Proto-Albanian *skalā, from Proto-Indo-European *skoléh₂ (compare English shale, Lithuanian skalà (splinter)), from the root *skel(H)- (to split).[1]

Noun

halë f (plural hala, definite hala, definite plural halat)

  1. awn, beard of grain
  2. fishbone
  3. leaf of a conifer, pine needle, aciculum
  4. pointed tip
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References

  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “halë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 141
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