Where does “kërkim” come from?

kërkim (Albanian) comes from Albanian im, from Albanian imë, from Albanian imtë, from Proto-Albanian īs-mos, from Proto-Indo-European ís — this, he (used as the 3rd person pronoun).

kërkim (Albanian): search

Definitions

  1. search

Ancestry of “kërkim”, step by step

kërkim traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Albanian im

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albanianimmy, of mine; my; mine
2Albanianimë
3Albanianimtëtiny, small, fine; very short time, an instant; a...
4Proto-Albanianīs-mos
5Proto-Indo-Europeanísthis, he (used as the 3rd person pronoun)

via Albanian kërkój

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albaniankërkójto look for, to seek, to search for
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ísEvery word from Proto-Albanian īs-mosEvery word from Albanian imtë