Where does “baraspeshë” come from?
baraspeshë (Albanian) comes from Lithuanian baras, from Polish -ś, from Proto-Slavic sь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic śis, from Proto-Indo-European ḱís, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe, from Middle English kyt, from German kitt — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
baraspeshë (Albanian): balance, equilibrium
Definitions
- balance, equilibrium
Ancestry of “baraspeshë”, step by step
baraspeshë traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Lithuanian baras
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lithuanian | baras | bar |
| 2 | Polish | -ś | Second-person singular verb suffix; Appended to... |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | sь | this |
| 4 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | śis | this here |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱís | this |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 7 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 8 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 9 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 10 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Albanian peshë
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Albanian | peshë | weight, blubber |
| 2 | Latin | pēnsum | allotment, portion, weight (of wool measured out to a slave to spin in a day) |
| 3 | Latin | pendō | to weigh, weigh out |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | pendō | hang, put in a hanging position |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)péndeti | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |