Palaioselli
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Palaioselli
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  Palaioselli | |
| Coordinates: 40°2′32″N 20°53′13″E / 40.04222°N 20.88694°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Epirus |
| Regional unit | Ioannina |
| Municipality | Konitsa |
| Municipal unit | Konitsa |
| Elevation | 1,091 m (3,579 ft) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Community | 52 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Palaioselli (Greek: Παλαιοσέλλι, Aromanian: Paluseli)[2] is a settlement in Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece. The village is situated in a ravine on the right bank of the Vjosa river.[3]
The toponym is a compound derived from the Greek adjective palio and the Slavic loanword in the Greek Epirot dialect selio, meaning the 'garden, the farm near the house'.[3] Selio, stemming from the Slavic word selo, is found in several Slavic languages: Bulgarian selo 'tent, dwelling, field', Serbo-Croatian selo, Slovenian selo 'homestead, dwelling, farm', and Russian selo 'village, ecclesiastical area'.[3] As such, the linguist Kostas Oikonomou stated Max Vasmer is incorrect in rendering the placename in Slavic as Staro Selo with a translation of the first part.[3]