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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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianlȏj—
2Proto-Slaviclojьtallow, suet
3Proto-Indo-Europeanloyh₁-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European loyh₁- →