Where does “cingëloj” come from?

cingëloj (Albanian) comes from Albanian cingël, from Albanian cing, from Albanian çek — I touch, pat.

cingëloj (Albanian): to adorn someone with trinkets

Definitions

  1. to adorn someone with trinkets

Ancestry of “cingëloj”, step by step

cingëloj traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Albanian cingël

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albaniancingëlpussy, i.e. a tapered piece of wood used in the...
2Albaniancingto touch; faint noise
3AlbaniançekI touch, pat

via Albanian oj

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1AlbanianojI
2Proto-Slavicojethill, shaft
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂oyHsos—
Every word from Albanian çek →Every word from Albanian cing →Every word from Albanian cingël →