Where does “gërryerje” come from?
gërryerje (Albanian) comes from Albanian gërryej, from Albanian ger, from Proto-Albanian gaura, from Romanian gaură, from Latin cavula, from Latin cava, from Latin cavus, from Proto-Italic kawos — to swell; to be strong.
gërryerje (Albanian): erosion
Ancestry of “gërryerje”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Albanian | gërryej | to scrape, scour |
| 2 | Albanian | ger | squirrel |
| 3 | Proto-Albanian | gaura | — |
| 4 | Romanian | gaură | hole |
| 5 | Latin | cavula | hole |
| 6 | Latin | cava | nominative feminine singular of cavus; nominative... |
| 7 | Latin | cavus | hollow, concave; excavated, channeled;... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kawos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱowh₁ós | hollow |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱewh₁- | to swell; to be strong |