Where does “rëndë” come from?

rëndë (Albanian) comes from Proto-Albanian raunta, from Proto-Albanian rauša, from Proto-Indo-European h₃rew-s-e-ti, from Proto-Indo-European h₃rew-, from Proto-Indo-European -w-.

rëndë (Albanian): heavy

Definitions

  1. heavy

Ancestry of “rëndë”, step by step

rëndë traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Albanian raunta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Albanianraunta—
2Proto-Albanianraušato fall
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃rew-s-e-ti—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃rew-to run, to hurry
5Proto-Indo-European-w-—

via Ottoman Turkish رنده

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishرندهgrater for food preparation; smoothing plane
2Persianرندهgrater; plane
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -w- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃rew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃rew-s-e-ti →