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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.

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”

  • cëmoj
  • thermë
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ →