Where does “çerekshekull” come from?

çerekshekull (Albanian) comes from Albanian çerek, from Ottoman Turkish چیرك, from Persian چاریک, from Persian چهار, from Pahlavi pal, from Proto-Iranian tatr̥wáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian tatr̥wás, from Proto-Indo-European tetr̥-wó-s — Creates adjectives from verb stems.

çerekshekull (Albanian): quarter-century

Definitions

  1. quarter-century

Ancestry of “çerekshekull”, step by step

çerekshekull traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Albanian çerek

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albaniançerekquarter, fourth
2Ottoman Turkishچیركquarter
3Persianچاریک—
4Persianچهارfour
5Pahlavipal—
6Proto-Iraniantatr̥wáhpheasant
7Proto-Indo-Iraniantatr̥wás—
8Proto-Indo-Europeantetr̥-wó-s—
9Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems

via Albanian shekull

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albanianshekullcentury
2Latinsaeculumrace, breed; generation, lifetime; the amount of...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanseh₁-to impress, insert; to sow, to plant; long,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tetr̥-wó-s →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian tatr̥wás →