Where does “mekërij” come from?

mekërij (Albanian) comes from Albanian mek, from Proto-Albanian mek-, from Proto-Indo-European mek- — to bleat.

mekërij (Albanian): to bleat

Definitions

  1. to bleat

Ancestry of “mekërij”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albanianmekto bleat, stammer; to wet
2Proto-Albanianmek-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmek-to bleat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mek- →Every word from Proto-Albanian mek- →Every word from Albanian mek →