Where does “drambur” come from?
drambur (Albanian) comes from Albanian tremb, from Proto-Albanian trem(b)-, from Proto-Indo-European trem-, from Proto-Indo-European ter-, from Italian termine, from Latin terminus, from Proto-Italic termenos, from Proto-Indo-European térmn̥ — boundary, end.
drambur (Albanian): trembling
Ancestry of “drambur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Albanian | tremb | to frighten, scare; to get a fright |
| 2 | Proto-Albanian | trem(b)- | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | trem- | to tremble |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ter- | tender, weak; young creature |
| 5 | Italian | termine | end, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word |
| 6 | Latin | terminus | a boundary, limit, end |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | termenos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | térmn̥ | boundary, end |