Where does “gjerb” come from?

gjerb (Albanian) comes from Proto-Albanian serba, from Proto-Indo-European srebʰ- — to sip, gulp, suck.

gjerb (Albanian): I sip, slurp

Definitions

  1. I sip, slurp

Ancestry of “gjerb”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Albanianserbato suck in
2Proto-Indo-Europeansrebʰ-to sip, gulp, suck
Every word from Proto-Indo-European srebʰ- →Every word from Proto-Albanian serba →
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