Where does “çelur” come from?
çelur (Albanian) comes from Albanian çel, from Proto-Albanian štšela, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kelH-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kel- — to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...
çelur (Albanian): light, bright
Ancestry of “çelur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Albanian | çel | to open up, undo; to sprout, come out; to hatch... |
| 2 | Proto-Albanian | štšela | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kelH- | to cut; to split, to separate |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kel- | to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,... |