Where does “balëdrenjë” come from?

balëdrenjë (Albanian) comes from Albanian balë, from Proto-Albanian balā, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

balëdrenjë (Albanian): goat with long, straight horns and a white spot on its face

Definitions

  1. goat with long, straight horns and a white spot on its face

Ancestry of “balëdrenjë”, step by step

balëdrenjë traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Albanian balë

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albanianbalëwhite spot; badger
2Proto-Albanianbalā—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

via Albanian drenjë

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albaniandrenjëquail; woodlark; doe, female deer
2Proto-Albaniandranjā—
3Proto-Albaniandranideer, stag
4Proto-Indo-European*dʰreh₁n-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel- →Every word from Proto-Albanian balā →