Where does “kreshk” come from?
kreshk (Albanian) comes from Proto-Albanian ka-rand-iskā, from Albanian krënd, from Albanian krand, from Proto-Albanian ka-randa, from Proto-Indo-European rendʰ- — to tear.
kreshk (Albanian): fish scale
Ancestry of “kreshk”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Albanian | ka-rand-iskā | — |
| 2 | Albanian | krënd | tender thin branches cut up with leaves used for... |
| 3 | Albanian | krand | — |
| 4 | Proto-Albanian | ka-randa | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | rendʰ- | to tear |