Where does “blatoj” come from?
blatoj (Albanian) comes from Albanian blatë, from Latin oblāta, from Latin oblātus, from Latin offerō, from Latin ob-, from Latin obolus, from Ancient Greek ὀβολός, from Ancient Greek ὀβελός — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.
blatoj (Albanian): to offer
Definitions
- to offer
Ancestry of “blatoj”, step by step
blatoj traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Albanian blatë
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Albanian | blatë | offer; seal; gift |
| 2 | Latin | oblāta | — |
| 3 | Latin | oblātus | shown, exhibited, exposed |
| 4 | Latin | offerō | to bring before or bring to, present, offer, bestow, show, place before, exhibit, expose |
| 5 | Latin | ob- | towards; against |
| 6 | Latin | obolus | obolus (Greek coin) |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ὀβολός | obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ὀβελός | a spit, rod; a horizontal line |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | βέλος | missile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷélHos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷelH- | to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing |