Where does “kundërthem” come from?
kundërthem (Albanian) comes from Albanian kundër, from Latin contrā, from Latin ubī, from Latin cubī, from Proto-Italic *kʷuðei — where.
kundërthem (Albanian): I contradict
Ancestry of “kundërthem”, step by step
kundërthem 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 them
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Albanian | them | I say |
| 2 | Proto-Albanian | θēm- | I say |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱens- | to announce, to proclaim; to put in order |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱem- | to cover, conceal; hornless |