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Where does “mbretëreshë” come from?

mbretëreshë (Albanian) comes from Albanian mbretër, from Albanian -eshë, from Latin -issa, from Ancient Greek -ῐσσᾰ, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

mbretëreshë (Albanian): queen

Definitions

  1. queen

Ancestry of “mbretëreshë”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albanianmbretër—
2Albanian-eshë—
3Latin-issa
4Ancient Greek-ῐσσᾰ—
5Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
6Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
7Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
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