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

Definitions

  1. claw

Ancestry of “kthetër”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albaniankthejto turn; to turn over; to change; to translate
2AlbanianthyejI break
3Proto-Albaniantsā(i)nja—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱeh₃i-to sharpen; sharpen
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱeh₃i- →Every word from Proto-Albanian tsā(i)nja →Every word from Albanian thyej →