Where does “provoj” come from?
provoj (Albanian) comes from Italian provare, from Swedish pröva, from Old Swedish prøva, from Middle Low German prôven, from Old French prover, from Latin probāre, from Latin probō, from Latin Probus — passed , crossed.
provoj (Albanian): to try; to try out; to try on
Definitions
- to try; to try out; to try on
Ancestry of “provoj”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | provare | to try, try out, test; to try, attempt, take on;... |
| 2 | Swedish | pröva | to try, to make an attempt or to sample and... |
| 3 | Old Swedish | prøva | — |
| 4 | Middle Low German | prôven | — |
| 5 | Old French | prover | to prove |
| 6 | Latin | probāre | — |
| 7 | Latin | probō | to approve, permit, commend |
| 8 | Latin | Probus | good, serviceable, excellent, superior, able |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pro-bhwo- | being in front, prominent |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |