Where does “mefshtë” come from?
mefshtë (Albanian) comes from Albanian mehem, from Albanian mej, from Proto-Albanian mōja.
mefshtë (Albanian): slow, sluggish
Ancestry of “mefshtë”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Albanian | mehem | I fail, fade, wane, slowly run out |
| 2 | Albanian | mej | I reduce, make fade, extinguish; I fail |
| 3 | Proto-Albanian | mōja | — |