llënjëz

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *slinjā, cognate to Latvian sliẽnas (“saliva, mucus, slime”), Proto-Slavic *slina (“saliva”).[1]

Noun

llënjëz f

  1. mud, silt

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “llënjëz”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 238
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