Where does “mëshoj” come from?
mëshoj (Albanian) comes from Albanian peshoj, from Albanian peshë, from Latin pēnsum, from Latin pendō, from Proto-Italic pendō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)péndeti, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pend- — to stretch.
mëshoj (Albanian): I squeeze, press, hit, lean; I weigh down; I...
Definitions
- I squeeze, press, hit, lean; I weigh down; I...
Ancestry of “mëshoj”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Albanian | peshoj | I weigh; I scale |
| 2 | Albanian | peshë | weight, blubber |
| 3 | Latin | pēnsum | allotment, portion, weight (of wool measured out to a slave to spin in a day) |
| 4 | Latin | pendō | to weigh, weigh out |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | pendō | hang, put in a hanging position |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)péndeti | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |