Where does “-më” come from?

-më (Albanian) comes from Proto-Albanian *-mā, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.

-më (Albanian): ment suffixed to verbs to create a noun or result

Definitions

  1. ment suffixed to verbs to create a noun or result

Ancestry of “-më”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Albanian*-mā—
2Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs

Words derived from “-më”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ →Every word from Proto-Albanian *-mā →