Where does “motshë” come from?
motshë (Albanian) comes from Proto-Albanian mātusā, from Proto-Albanian māti, from English March, from Middle English March, from Anglo-Norman marche, from Old French marz, from French là, from Italian là — soft, delicate to the touch; pliant, flexible,...
Ancestry of “motshë”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Albanian | mātusā | — |
| 2 | Proto-Albanian | māti | time |
| 3 | English | March | The third month of the Gregorian calendar, following February and preceding April, containing the northward equinox |
| 4 | Middle English | March | March |
| 5 | Anglo-Norman | marche | limit; boundary |
| 6 | Old French | marz | — |
| 7 | French | là | there; here, present |
| 8 | Italian | là | there |
| 9 | Spanish | la | feminine singular definite article; the |
| 10 | Portuguese | lá | there; used with an adverb phrase to indicate... |
| 11 | German | a | Alternative form of A; Abbreviation of a-Moll;... |
| 12 | German | a-Moll | A-minor |
| 13 | Hungarian | moll | minor |
| 14 | German | Moll | minor |
| 15 | Medieval Latin | molle | — |
| 16 | Latin | mollis | soft, delicate to the touch; pliant, flexible,... |