vetull

Albanian

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from Vulgar Latin vittula, diminutive of Latin vitta (“band, headband”),[1] although very uncertain since the word is not attested anywhere in old manuscripts or in the Romance languages. Çabej considers it an inherited word.[2]

Noun

vetull f (plural vetulla, definite vetulla, definite plural vetullat)

  1. eyebrow
  2. overhang
  3. arched part of something

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “vetull”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 503
  2. R.Trofenik, "Zeitschrift für Balkanologie, Band 24", the University of Virginia, 1988, p. 89
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