Where does “gjemb” come from?
gjemb (Albanian) comes from Albanian glëmb, from Proto-Albanian glamba, from Proto-Indo-European glembʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European gel- — to be cold, to freeze.
gjemb (Albanian): thorn
Ancestry of “gjemb”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Albanian | glëmb | — |
| 2 | Proto-Albanian | glamba | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | glembʰ- | clamp, mass; lump, clamp; to hold, clench |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | gel- | to be cold, to freeze |
Words derived from “gjemb”