Where does “festoj” come from?

festoj (Albanian) comes from Albanian festë, from Latin festum, from Latin fēstus, from Proto-Italic fēstos.

festoj (Albanian): to celebrate

Definitions

  1. to celebrate

Ancestry of “festoj”, step by step

festoj traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Albanian festë

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albanianfestëcelebration, party
2Latinfestuma holiday, festival; a banquet, feast
3LatinfēstusOf or pertaining to holidays; festive, festal, joyful, merry
4Proto-Italicfēstos—

via Albanian oj

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1AlbanianojI
2Proto-Slavicojethill, shaft
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂oyHsos—
Every word from Proto-Italic fēstos →Every word from Latin fēstus →Every word from Latin festum →