lëmsh

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *lemesja, from Proto-Indo-European *lemesi-o-, a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *lem- (“to break”). Cognate to Lithuanian lemesis (“sharp edge of the plough”), Proto-Slavic *lemešь (“ploughshare”).[1] Orel claims the transition of '*broken lump of earth' > 'globe of earth' to be 'one of the oldest'. Related to lëmë.

Noun

lëmsh m

  1. ball (of wood, thread), globe (of earth)
  2. pool, spellet

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “lëmsh ~ lamsh”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 223
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