Where does “shpallje” come from?
shpallje (Albanian) comes from Albanian shpall, from Albanian pall, from Proto-Albanian palei-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pel- — to split in two, split in half; to speak with a...
shpallje (Albanian): announcement, declaration
Definitions
- announcement, declaration
Ancestry of “shpallje”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Albanian | shpall | I announce, I declare |
| 2 | Albanian | pall | to cry, hee-haw |
| 3 | Proto-Albanian | palei- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pel- | to split in two, split in half; to speak with a... |