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Where does “-eshë” come from?

-eshë (Albanian) comes from Latin -issa, from Ancient Greek -ῐσσᾰ, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Ancestry of “-eshë”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-issa
2Ancient Greek-ῐσσᾰ—
3Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
4Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
5Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “-eshë”

  • virgjineshë
  • virgjëreshë
  • mbretëreshë
  • mendeshë
  • burrneshë
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