Where does “ato” come from?

ato (Albanian) comes from Proto-Albanian a-tā(s), from Proto-Indo-European téh₂es, from Proto-Indo-European tód, from Proto-Indo-European to-, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.

ato (Albanian): they

Definitions

  1. they

Ancestry of “ato”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Albaniana-tā(s)—
2Proto-Indo-Europeantéh₂es—
3Proto-Indo-Europeantóddemonstrative pronoun; that; it
4Proto-Indo-Europeanto-it; that; the, that
5Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that
Every word from Proto-Indo-European só →Every word from Proto-Indo-European to- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tód →
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