Where does “Elbasani” come from?

Elbasani (Albanian) comes from Albanian i, from Albanian ill — star.

Ancestry of “Elbasani”, step by step

Elbasani traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Albanian i

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albanianimasculine singular preposition; of; masculine...
2Albanianillstar

via Albanian Elbasan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1AlbanianElbasan—
2Ottoman Turkishايلبصان—
Every word from Albanian ill →Every word from Albanian i →