Where does “mjelcë” come from?

mjelcë (Albanian) comes from Albanian mjel, from Proto-Albanian melj́-ō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂melǵ- — to milk; milk.

mjelcë (Albanian): milking bucket

Definitions

  1. milking bucket

Ancestry of “mjelcë”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1AlbanianmjelI milk; I exploit
2Proto-Albanianmelj́-ō—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂melǵ-to milk; milk
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂melǵ- →Every word from Proto-Albanian melj́-ō →Every word from Albanian mjel →