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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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Albanianmātusā—
2Proto-Albanianmātitime
3EnglishMarch—
4Middle EnglishMarch—
5Anglo-Normanmarchelimit; boundary
6Old Frenchmarz—
7Frenchlàthere; here, present
8Italianlàthere
9Spanishlathe; accusative of ella, ello , and usted ; her,...
10Portugueseláthere; used with an adverb phrase to indicate...
11GermanaAlternative form of A; Abbreviation of a-Moll;...
12Germana-MollA-minor
13Hungarianmoll—
14GermanMollminor
15Medieval Latinmolle—
16Latinmollissoft, delicate to the touch; pliant, flexible,...

Words derived from “motshë”

  • moshë
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