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Where does “gjonj” come from?

gjonj (Albanian) comes from Proto-Albanian jāgnja, from Proto-Albanian jaga, from Proto-Indo-European yeǵʰo-.

Ancestry of “gjonj”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Albanianjāgnja—
2Proto-Albanianjagahunt
3Proto-Indo-Europeanyeǵʰo-—

Words derived from “gjonj”

  • gjuaj
  • gjorë
  • gjuonj
  • gjueti
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