Where does “gjorë” come from?

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

gjorë (Albanian): miserable, wretched, poor

Definitions

  1. miserable, wretched, poor

Ancestry of “gjorë”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1AlbaniangjuajI hunt; I lie in wait for; I impel an aimed...
2Proto-Albanianjāgnja—
3Proto-Albanianjagahunt
4Proto-Indo-Europeanyeǵʰo-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European yeǵʰo- →Every word from Proto-Albanian jaga →Every word from Proto-Albanian jāgnja →
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