Where does “gjalpë” come from?

gjalpë (Albanian) comes from Proto-Albanian selpa, from Proto-Indo-European sélpos, from Proto-Indo-European selp- — fat, oil.

gjalpë (Albanian): butter

Definitions

  1. butter

Ancestry of “gjalpë”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Albanianselpabutter
2Proto-Indo-Europeansélpos—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanselp-fat, oil
Every word from Proto-Indo-European selp- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sélpos →Every word from Proto-Albanian selpa →
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