Where does “qumësht” come from?

qumësht (Albanian) comes from Latin colostra, from Proto-Indo-European ḱwel-.

qumësht (Albanian): milk; whey

Definitions

  1. milk; whey

Ancestry of “qumësht”, step by step

qumësht traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin colostra

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincolostracolostrum, beestings
2Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwel-—

via Proto-Indo-European ḱlewH-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱlewH-to clean, rinse, slide

Words derived from “qumësht”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱwel- →Every word from Latin colostra →
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