Where does “Yllëza” come from?

Yllëza (Albanian) comes from Albanian zë, from Old Albanian zan, from Proto-Albanian džeina, from Proto-Indo-European gʰendʰ- — ulcer, sore, abscess, boil; sore, ulcer, abscess,...

Yllëza (Albanian): little star

Definitions

  1. little star

Ancestry of “Yllëza”, step by step

Yllëza traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Albanian zë

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albanianzëvoice; characteristic sound of something;...
2Old Albanianzan—
3Proto-Albaniandžeina—
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʰendʰ-ulcer, sore, abscess, boil; sore, ulcer, abscess,...

via Albanian ȳll

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albanianȳllstar
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁us-los—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰendʰ- →Every word from Proto-Albanian džeina →Every word from Old Albanian zan →