Where does “Skënderi” come from?
Skënderi (Albanian) comes from Albanian Skënder, from Ottoman Turkish اسكندر, from Persian اسکندر, from Pahlavi swkndl, from Arabic إِسْكَنْدَر, from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος, from Ancient Greek ἀλέξω, from Ancient Greek ἀνδρός — man.
Ancestry of “Skënderi”, step by step
Skënderi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Albanian Skënder
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Albanian | Skënder | — |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | اسكندر | Alexander the great |
| 3 | Persian | اسکندر | — |
| 4 | Pahlavi | swkndl | — |
| 5 | Arabic | إِسْكَنْدَر | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Ἀλέξανδρος | Alexander |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἀλέξω | to keep off, turn aside; to guard, protect,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ἀνδρός | genitive singular of ἀνήρ; man; of man |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | ἀνήρ | man; husband; human being, as opposed to a god |
| 10 | Proto-Hellenic | *anḗr | man |