Where does “çamërisht” come from?

çamërisht (Albanian) comes from Albanian Çamëri, from Albanian Çam, from Ottoman Turkish چام, from Arabic شَمْع — {{l|en|wax}}, {{l|en|candle|candles}}; wax;...

çamërisht (Albanian): Tosk Albanian subdialect (close related to Lab and Arbëreshë). Spoken by Cham Albanians, an ethnic Albanian minority in the Epirus region of northwestern Greece

Definitions

  1. Tosk Albanian subdialect (close related to Lab and Arbëreshë). Spoken by Cham Albanians, an ethnic Albanian minority in the Epirus region of northwestern Greece

Ancestry of “çamërisht”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1AlbanianÇamëriChameria
2AlbanianÇamCham
3Ottoman Turkishچامfir; pine
4Arabicشَمْع{{l|en|wax}}, {{l|en|candle|candles}}; wax;...
Every word from Arabic شَمْع →Every word from Ottoman Turkish چام →Every word from Albanian Çam →