Where does “kurmagjak” come from?

kurmagjak (Albanian) comes from Albanian kurm, from Proto-Albanian kurpna, from Proto-Indo-European ḱrep- — body.

kurmagjak (Albanian): sausage, blood sausage

Definitions

  1. sausage, blood sausage

Ancestry of “kurmagjak”, step by step

kurmagjak traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Albanian kurm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albaniankurmtorso, trunk of body
2Proto-Albaniankurpna—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱrep-body

via Albanian gjak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albaniangjakblood
2Proto-Albanianźak-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱrep- →Every word from Proto-Albanian kurpna →Every word from Albanian kurm →