Borrowed from Greek βδέλλα (vdélla).[1]
abdhellë f (plural abdhella, definite abdhella)
- (Arvanitika) leech, bloodsucker
- ^ Meyer, G. (1891) “abδelε”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 1