Where does “ofshamë” come from?

ofshamë (Albanian) comes from Albanian -më, from Proto-Albanian *-mā, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.

ofshamë (Albanian): moaning and sighing; terrible suffering

Definitions

  1. moaning and sighing; terrible suffering

Ancestry of “ofshamë”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albanian-mëment suffixed to verbs to create a noun or result
2Proto-Albanian*-mā—
3Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ →Every word from Albanian -më →Every word from Proto-Albanian *-mā →