Where does “kundërshtoj” come from?
kundërshtoj (Albanian) comes from Albanian kundër, from Latin contrā, from Latin ubī, from Latin cubī, from Proto-Italic *kʷuðei — where.
kundërshtoj (Albanian): to oppose, to contest
Ancestry of “kundërshtoj”, step by step
kundërshtoj traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Albanian kundër
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Albanian | kundër | opposite; against; opposing |
| 2 | Latin | contrā | against |
| 3 | Latin | ubī | where? in what place?, in which place? |
| 4 | Latin | cubī | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *kʷuðei | where |
via Albanian shtoj
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Albanian | shtoj | I add; I increase, augment; I accumulate, accrue |
| 2 | Proto-Albanian | stānja | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | stnéh₂ti | to place, to stand |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | steh₂- | to stand |