Where does “mëlçi” come from?

mëlçi (Albanian) comes from Italian milza, from Old High German milzi, from Proto-Germanic miltiją, from Proto-Indo-European (s)meld- — to soften, to melt.

mëlçi (Albanian): liver; innards; lungs

Definitions

  1. liver; innards; lungs

Ancestry of “mëlçi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmilzaspleen
2Old High Germanmilzispleen
3Proto-Germanicmiltijąspleen
4Proto-Indo-European(s)meld-to soften, to melt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)meld- →Every word from Proto-Germanic miltiją →Every word from Old High German milzi →