Where does “qymyrgur” come from?
qymyrgur (Albanian) comes from Albanian gur, from Albanian -oj, from Aromanian -onj.
qymyrgur (Albanian): coal, stone coal, mineral coal
Definitions
- coal, stone coal, mineral coal
Ancestry of “qymyrgur”, step by step
qymyrgur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Albanian gur
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Albanian | gur | stone, rock; boulder; calculus |
| 2 | Albanian | -oj | suffix used for 1st person singular -... |
| 3 | Aromanian | -onj | — |
via Albanian qymyr
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Albanian | qymyr | coal |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | كومور | charcoal, a substance obtained by destructive distillation of wood |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | kömür | coal |