Where does “dështim” come from?
dështim (Albanian) comes from Albanian dështoj, from Albanian shtoj, from Proto-Albanian stānja, from Proto-Indo-European stnéh₂ti, from Proto-Indo-European steh₂- — to stand.
dështim (Albanian): failure; miscarriage
Ancestry of “dështim”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Albanian | dështoj | to fail; to have a miscarriage |
| 2 | Albanian | shtoj | I add; I increase, augment; I accumulate, accrue |
| 3 | Proto-Albanian | stānja | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | stnéh₂ti | to place, to stand |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | steh₂- | to stand |