Where does “gjarpër” come from?

gjarpër (Albanian) comes from Proto-Albanian serpena, from Proto-Indo-European serp-en-o-s, from Proto-Indo-European serp- — to creep, crawl.

gjarpër (Albanian): snake

Definitions

  1. snake

Ancestry of “gjarpër”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Albanianserpenasnake
2Proto-Indo-Europeanserp-en-o-s—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanserp-to creep, crawl
Every word from Proto-Indo-European serp- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European serp-en-o-s →Every word from Proto-Albanian serpena →