Where does “lojë” come from?

lojë (Albanian) comes from Serbo-Croatian lȏj, from Proto-Slavic lojь, from Proto-Indo-European loyh₁-.

lojë (Albanian): play, performance; game; toy, plaything

Definitions

  1. play, performance; game; toy, plaything

Ancestry of “lojë”, step by step

lojë traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Serbo-Croatian lȏj

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianlȏjtallow, suet, fat
2Proto-Slaviclojьtallow, suet
3Proto-Indo-Europeanloyh₁-—

via Albanian luaj

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1AlbanianluajI play, perform; I move; I interpret
2Proto-Albanianlādnja—

Words derived from “lojë”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European loyh₁- →Every word from Proto-Slavic lojь →Every word from Serbo-Croatian lȏj →