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 (indefinite plural qerthuj, definite singular qerthulli, definite plural qerthujt)

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

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (1998), “qerthull”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Cologne: Brill, →ISBN, page 358
  2. Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997), “qérthull,-i”, in 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, pages 340-341
  3. Jokl, Norbert (1911) Studien zur albanesischen Etymologie und Wortbildung. (Sitzungsberichte der Philosophisch-Historischen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften), volume 168, Wien: In Kommission bei A. Hölder, page 42
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