Where does “bukuri” come from?

bukuri (Albanian) comes from Albanian bukur, from Proto-Albanian bukura, from Proto-Albanian buk-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰoHu- — to grow, swell.

bukuri (Albanian): beauty

Definitions

  1. beauty

Ancestry of “bukuri”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albanianbukurbeautiful; nice
2Proto-Albanianbukurabeautiful
3Proto-Albanianbuk-lush, lusty
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰoHu-to grow, swell
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰoHu- →Every word from Proto-Albanian buk- →Every word from Proto-Albanian bukura →