pellë

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *petslā, a derivative in -l, related to Greek πέκω (péko, “to comb”), Lithuanian pèšti (“to pull, to pluck”), Latin pectem (“comb”).[1]

Noun

pellë f (plural pella, definite pella, definite plural pellat)

  1. comb, blade (of ploughshare, of loom)

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “pellë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 315
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