Where does “gërlas” come from?

gërlas (Albanian) comes from Albanian kul, from Proto-Albanian *kull-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱwel-.

gërlas (Albanian): to bend

Definitions

  1. to bend

Ancestry of “gërlas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albaniankulto bend, crouch, bow
2Proto-Albanian*kull-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwel-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱwel- →Every word from Proto-Albanian *kull- →Every word from Albanian kul →