Where does “kthetër” come from?
kthetër (Albanian) comes from Albanian kthej, from Albanian thyej, from Proto-Albanian tsā(i)nja, from Proto-Indo-European ḱeh₃i- — to sharpen; sharpen.
kthetër (Albanian): claw
Ancestry of “kthetër”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Albanian | kthej | to turn; to turn over; to change; to translate |
| 2 | Albanian | thyej | I break |
| 3 | Proto-Albanian | tsā(i)nja | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱeh₃i- | to sharpen; sharpen |