Where does “mefshtë” come from?

mefshtë (Albanian) comes from Albanian mehem, from Albanian mej, from Proto-Albanian mōja.

mefshtë (Albanian): slow, sluggish

Definitions

  1. slow, sluggish

Ancestry of “mefshtë”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1AlbanianmehemI fail, fade, wane, slowly run out
2AlbanianmejI reduce, make fade, extinguish; I fail
3Proto-Albanianmōja—
Every word from Proto-Albanian mōja →Every word from Albanian mej →Every word from Albanian mehem →