lumak

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *lubnaka, from Proto-Indo-European *leubh (“to peel, to skin”). Cognate to Lithuanian lubà (“board (of a ceiling)”), Latvian luba (“bark, board”), Old Prussian lubbo (“board”) and Proto-Slavic *lьbь (“forehead, skull”).[1]

Noun

lumak f

  1. bud, shoot; lichen, moss

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “lumak”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 235
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