Where does “kumbi” come from?

kumbi (Albanian) comes from Albanian ku, from Proto-Albanian ku, from Proto-Indo-European ku — where?.

kumbi (Albanian): to lean against

Definitions

  1. to lean against

Ancestry of “kumbi”, step by step

kumbi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Albanian ku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albaniankuwhere asking about a place, where or towards which direction
2Proto-Albanianku—
3Proto-Indo-Europeankuwhere?

via Albanian mbi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albanianmbion, onto, upon; over, above
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ku →Every word from Proto-Albanian ku →Every word from Albanian ku →