Where does “eshkë” come from?

eshkë (Albanian) comes from Latin ēsca, from Latin edō, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

eshkë (Albanian): dried wood fungus used aspunk; tinder fungus;...

Definitions

  1. dried wood fungus used aspunk; tinder fungus;...

Ancestry of “eshkë”, step by step

eshkë traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin ēsca

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinēscafood
2Latinedōto eat
3Latin-ilis-ile
4Proto-Italic-elis—
5Proto-Indo-European-elis—
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

via Proto-Albanian aiškā

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Albanianaiškā—
2Finnishäitimother; the letter "Ä" in the Finnish spelling...
3Finnishäitei—
4Proto-Germanicaiþį̄mother
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -ilis →Every word from Latin edō →