Where does “-shëm” come from?

-shëm (Albanian) comes from Proto-Albanian -(i)sama, from Proto-Indo-European somHós, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

-shëm (Albanian): The most common meaning the suffix carries is...

Definitions

  1. The most common meaning the suffix carries is...

Ancestry of “-shëm”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Albanian-(i)sama—
2Proto-Indo-EuropeansomHóssame, alike
3Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one

Words derived from “-shëm”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sem- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European somHós →Every word from Proto-Albanian -(i)sama →