Where does “kundërsulm” come from?
kundërsulm (Albanian) comes from Albanian kundër, from Latin contrā, from Latin ubī, from Latin cubī, from Proto-Italic *kʷuðei — where.
kundërsulm (Albanian): counteroffensive
Ancestry of “kundërsulm”, step by step
kundërsulm 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 sulm
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Albanian | sulm | attack, charge |
| 2 | Albanian | sjell | to bring; to turn; to dawdle |
| 3 | Proto-Albanian | tšela | to bring; to turn |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷél-e-ti | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |