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Where does “dështoj” come from?

dështoj (Albanian) comes from Albanian shtoj, from Proto-Albanian stānja, from Proto-Indo-European stnéh₂ti, from Proto-Indo-European steh₂- — to stand.

dështoj (Albanian): to fail; to have a miscarriage

Definitions

  1. to fail; to have a miscarriage

Ancestry of “dështoj”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1AlbanianshtojI add; I increase, augment; I accumulate, accrue
2Proto-Albanianstānja—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanstnéh₂tito place, to stand
4Proto-Indo-Europeansteh₂-to stand

Words derived from “dështoj”

  • dështim
Every word from Proto-Indo-European steh₂- →