Where does “kanushë” come from?
kanushë (Albanian) comes from Dalmatian kanausa, from Vulgar Latin canosus — ashen, white.
kanushë (Albanian): stork
Ancestry of “kanushë”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Dalmatian | kanausa | — |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | canosus | ashen, white |