Where does “mbresëlënës” come from?

mbresëlënës (Albanian) comes from Albanian mbresë, from Albanian mbres, from Albanian pres, from Proto-Albanian pratja, from Proto-Indo-European prot- — to understand.

mbresëlënës (Albanian): impressive, remarkable

Definitions

  1. impressive, remarkable

Ancestry of “mbresëlënës”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albanianmbresëbruise, beat; impression
2AlbanianmbresI bruise, beat; I thrash, browbeat
3AlbanianpresI cut, carve, slice, hew; I wait; I expect
4Proto-Albanianpratja—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanprot-to understand
Every word from Proto-Indo-European prot- →Every word from Proto-Albanian pratja →Every word from Albanian pres →