Where does “çalavitje” come from?

çalavitje (Albanian) comes from Albanian çalavit, from Albanian çalë, from Albanian e, from Proto-Slavic o(d).

çalavitje (Albanian): tearing up, ripping off, plucking out

Definitions

  1. tearing up, ripping off, plucking out

Ancestry of “çalavitje”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albaniançalavitto tear up, rip off, pluck out
2Albaniançalëlame
3Albanianeand; also; Third-person singular accusative-case...
4Proto-Slavico(d)—
Every word from Proto-Slavic o(d) →Every word from Albanian e →Every word from Albanian çalë →