Where does “mëtues” come from?

mëtues (Albanian) comes from Albanian mëtoj, from Latin meditārī, from Proto-Indo-European mēd-, from Proto-Indo-European med- — to measure; to give advice; healing.

mëtues (Albanian): pretender, aspirant

Definitions

  1. pretender, aspirant

Ancestry of “mëtues”, step by step

mëtues traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Albanian mëtoj

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albanianmëtojto pretend, demand
2Latinmeditārī—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmēd-to measure
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmed-to measure; to give advice; healing

via Albanian ues

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albanianues—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European med- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēd- →Every word from Latin meditārī →