Where does “gjer” come from?

gjer (Albanian) comes from Proto-Indo-European glī-, from English glio-, from Ancient Greek γλία, from Proto-Indo-European *gley-.

gjer (Albanian): dormouse

Definitions

  1. dormouse

Ancestry of “gjer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanglī-mous
2Englishglio-Gliomatous; Glial; Embedded in a gelatinous...
3Ancient Greekγλίαglue
4Proto-Indo-European*gley-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *gley- →Every word from English glio- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European glī- →