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
Ancestry of “gjer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Indo-European | glī- | mous |
| 2 | English | glio- | Gliomatous; Glial; Embedded in a gelatinous... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | γλία | glue |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | *gley- | — |