qerthull

Albanian

Etymology

Unclear; from Proto-Albanian *kertsula,[1] possibly borrowed from Latin cercellus, circellus (“small ring, hoop”),[2] ultimately borrowed from Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos, “ring”). Doublet of qark, qarkull. Alternatively inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ker-ḱ-[1] or *kert- (“to turn, to bind”),[3] or simply qerth +‎ -ull.

Noun

qerthull m (plural qerthuj, definite qerthulli, definite plural qerthujt)

  1. (textiles) skein winder, wrap reel, yarnwindle
    Synonym: shtjellës
  2. baby walker
  3. circuit, surrounding area
    Synonym: qark
  4. (figurative) plotline, thematic series of events
  5. (botany) shoots grown around the stalk of a plant

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “qerthull”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 358
  2. Demiraj, B. (1997) “qérthull,-i”, in Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎ (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, pages 340-341
  3. Jokl, Norbert (1911) Studien zur albanesischen Etymologie und Wortbildung (Sitzungsberichte der Philosophisch-Historischen Klasse der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften; 168) (in German), Vienna: A. Hölder, page 42
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