Where does “çame” come from?

çame (Albanian) comes from Albanian -ë, from Proto-West Germanic -jā, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

çame (Albanian): a female Albanian from Çamëri, a region geographically divided between (southwestern) Albania and (northwestern) Greece

Definitions

  1. a female Albanian from Çamëri, a region geographically divided between (southwestern) Albania and (northwestern) Greece

Ancestry of “çame”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albanian-ë-ing, -ion
2Proto-West Germanic-jā—
3Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
4Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →Every word from Proto-West Germanic -jā →Every word from Albanian -ë →