sillë

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *čīlā, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷih₁-leh₂, compare English while, Latin tranquillus, Sanskrit चिरः (ciráḥ).[1]

Noun

sillë f (indefinite plural silla, definite singular silla, definite plural sillat)

  1. (old) food brought out in the morning to a farmer working in the field
  2. late breakfast, brunch

Derived terms
  • silloj

References
  1. Stefan Schumacher & Joachim Matzinger, Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 2013), 225.
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