halë

• IPA^(key): /haːl/

From the development of the sense “splinter, pointed tip, awn” to “pine needles” (see Etymology 2 below) and then narrowed to the specific tree name.^[1] For the semantic development, compare Icelandic barr (“pine needles”) from Proto-Germanic *baraz (“(awn of) barley”).

Alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élsnos (“alder”) (compare Lithuanian al̃ksnis, Latin alnus), derivative of *h₂élis- (compare dialectal Serbo-Croatian jelha, Dutch els). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

halë f (plural hala, definite hala, definite plural halat)

1. Austrian pine, European black pine (Pinus nigra)

• borigë, vgje

• halëz

From Proto-Albanian *skalā, from Proto-Indo-European *skoléh₂ (compare English shale, Lithuanian skalà (“splinter”)), from the root *skel(H)- (“to split”).^[1]

halë f (plural hala, definite hala, definite plural halat)

1. awn, beard of grain
2. fishbone
3. leaf of a conifer, pine needle, aciculum
4. pointed tip

• hajmë, hajthëm, hakël, halmucë, halth, halurinë

• hollë