sjell

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *tšela, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷél-e-ti, from *kʷel- (to turn, twist). Cognate to Ancient Greek πέλω (pélō, to be in motion), Tocharian A köllāš (bring), preterit śël, Old Norse hvel (wheel). Somehow, the archaic form has generated Arbëresh Albanian qellënj with an apparently conservative q-.

Verb

sjell (aorist solla, participle sjéllë)

  1. to bring
  2. to turn
  3. to dawdle

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

  • sjell”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “sjell”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary[2]