Where does “qelbës” come from?

qelbës (Albanian) comes from Albanian qelb, from Albanian kalb, from Proto-Indo-European golbʰ-.

qelbës (Albanian): putrid, rotten; stinker, stinkard; polecat

Definitions

  1. putrid, rotten; stinker, stinkard; polecat

Ancestry of “qelbës”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albanianqelbpus
2Albaniankalbto rot, go bad
3Proto-Indo-Europeangolbʰ-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European golbʰ- →Every word from Albanian kalb →Every word from Albanian qelb →