Where does “këndirr” come from?
këndirr (Albanian) comes from Albanian djerr, from Proto-Albanian dera, from Proto-Indo-European dr̥-néH-ti, from Proto-Indo-European der- — to split, to separate; to tear, to crack, to...
këndirr (Albanian): to choke, suffocate
Ancestry of “këndirr”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Albanian | djerr | to destroy; fallow land; barren, arid, fallow |
| 2 | Proto-Albanian | dera | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | dr̥-néH-ti | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | der- | to split, to separate; to tear, to crack, to... |