Where does “gjuhcë” come from?

gjuhcë (Albanian) comes from Albanian gjuhë, from Albanian gluhë, from Proto-Albanian gluxā, from Proto-Albanian gulsā — tongue.

gjuhcë (Albanian): small herring

Definitions

  1. small herring

Ancestry of “gjuhcë”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albaniangjuhëtongue; language; bell clapper
2Albaniangluhëlanguage, tongue
3Proto-Albaniangluxātongue
4Proto-Albaniangulsātongue
Every word from Proto-Albanian gulsā →Every word from Proto-Albanian gluxā →Every word from Albanian gluhë →