Where does “mirëmbajtje” come from?

mirëmbajtje (Albanian) comes from Albanian mirë, from Proto-Indo-European meih₁-ro, from Proto-Indo-European meih₁- — soft, mild.

mirëmbajtje (Albanian): maintenance

Definitions

  1. maintenance

Ancestry of “mirëmbajtje”, step by step

mirëmbajtje traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Albanian mirë

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albanianmirëgood; well
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmeih₁-ropeace
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmeih₁-soft, mild

via Albanian mbajtje

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albanianmbajtjeretention
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meih₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European meih₁-ro →Every word from Albanian mirë →