| Language | Lexeme | Native script | Phonetic | Phonemic | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | Albanian: Gheg | dill | Orel gives the old idea of a derivation from PIE *g̑ʰelh₃-u̯o- 'yellow', but Holm (p. 82) suggests alternatively to put it back to PIE *dei̯h₂- (LIV 108) 'blaze, shine', viz. *d(e)i̯h₂-lo-, cf. Alb. ditë 'day(light)' < *dih₂-to-. | |||
| 17 | Albanian: Standard | diell | Orel gives the derivation from PIE *g̑ʰelh₃-u̯o- 'yellow', but Holm (p. 82) suggests alternatively to put it back to PIE *dei̯h₂- (LIV 108) 'blaze, shine', viz. *d(e)i̯h₂-lo-, cf. Alb. ditë 'day(light)' < *dih₂-to-. | |||
| 18 | Albanian: Arbëresh | dielli | diːˈeʟi |
Cf. against the assumption of *su̯V́- > dV́- by Huld (1984:50, 148).
Rejects connection with PIE *su̯el-u̯o- (cf. Gk. ἕλη, so Huld 1984:50, 148), claiming a development *su̯V́- > *dV́- (but against this cf. Demiraj 1997:48 who argues **su̯V́- > *vV́-). Considers Orel (1998:65)'s proposal from PIE *g̑ʰelh₃-u̯o- 'yellow' possible, but suggests alternatively from PIE *dei̯h₂- 'glänzen / to shine' (LIV² 108) + suffix *-lo- as in Gk. διη-λός 'clear'.
S.v. Alb. diell, -i 'sun', favours a hypothesis first put forward by Pedersen deriving from the IE word for sun *su̯el- with *su- > d- before a stressed vowel.
S.v. Alb. djeł or dieł 'Sonne', suggests either from PAlb. *deglo- from PIE *dʰegʷʰ- 'burn' or from *delno- from PIE *dʰal- 'sprout, grow'.
S.v. Alb. diell 'sun'. O. derives from PAlb. *delwa, a tabooistic substitute for the original word for sun based on a colour adjective, comparing Skt. harí- 'pale, yellowish', Av. zairi- 'id.', Lat. helvus 'yellowish', Lith. žel̃vas 'id.'; acknowledging alternative etymologies (cf. entry for references) but making no effort to refute them.
Many attempts at an etymology outside of Albanian in the standard literature with no consensus; extra-Albanian connections ultimately uncertain.
