Where does “kukumalkë” come from?

kukumalkë (Albanian) comes from Albanian mal, from Proto-Albanian *mal̄.

kukumalkë (Albanian): small hill made by risen soil (Korçë)

Definitions

  1. small hill made by risen soil (Korçë)

Ancestry of “kukumalkë”, step by step

kukumalkë traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Albanian mal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albanianmalmount; mountain
2Proto-Albanian*mal̄

via Albanian kuku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albaniankukumourn; The sound of an owl singing
Every word from Proto-Albanian *mal̄Every word from Albanian mal
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