Where does “ahishtë” come from?

ahishtë (Albanian) comes from Albanian ah, from Proto-Albanian aksa, from Proto-Indo-European Heh₃s- — ash tree.

ahishtë (Albanian): beech forest

Definitions

  1. beech forest

Ancestry of “ahishtë”, step by step

ahishtë traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Albanian ah

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albanianahbeech
2Proto-Albanianaksa—
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanHeh₃s-ash tree

via Albanian ishte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albanianishte—

Words derived from “ahishtë”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European Heh₃s- →Every word from Proto-Albanian aksa →Every word from Albanian ah →