Where does “gërlas” come from?
gërlas (Albanian) comes from Albanian kul, from Proto-Albanian *kull-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱwel-.
gërlas (Albanian): to bend
Ancestry of “gërlas”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Albanian | kul | to bend, crouch, bow |
| 2 | Proto-Albanian | *kull- | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱwel- | — |