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

Definitions

  1. thorn

Ancestry of “gjemb”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albanianglëmb—
2Proto-Albanianglamba—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanglembʰ-clamp, mass; lump, clamp; to hold, clench
4Proto-Indo-Europeangel-to be cold, to freeze

Words derived from “gjemb”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European glembʰ- →Every word from Proto-Albanian glamba →
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