akull

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • akëll

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *auK-(ul-), from Proto-Indo-European *Houk (“cold, frost”). Cognate to Armenian ոյծ (oyc, “cold, frost”).[1] Also compare Hittite 𒂊𒅗 (eka, “ice”), Latvian auksts. Possible relation to Proto-Germanic *jakulaz (“ice, glacier”) (cf. Old Norse jaki, jǫkull (“glacier”)) is uncertain.

Noun

akull m (indefinite plural akuj, definite singular akulli, definite plural akujt)

  1. ice

Derived terms

References
  1. Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: Investigations into the Albanian Inherited Lexicon] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎ (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 74
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