Where does “rrëzë” come from?

rrëzë (Albanian) comes from Albanian rrënzë, from Albanian rrënjë, from Proto-Albanian wradnjā, from Proto-Indo-European wr̥h₂dnih₂-, from Proto-Indo-European wr̥h₂dnyo-, from Proto-Indo-European wréh₂ds — root.

rrëzë (Albanian): base, foot (of tree, hill, mountain), riverbank, edge of a forest

Definitions

  1. base, foot (of tree, hill, mountain), riverbank, edge of a forest

Ancestry of “rrëzë”, step by step

rrëzë traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Albanian rrënzë

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albanianrrënzë—
2Albanianrrënjëroot
3Proto-Albanianwradnjā—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwr̥h₂dnih₂-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwr̥h₂dnyo-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwréh₂dsroot

via Latin radius

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinradiusray; staff, rod; spoke
2English-ánOf or pertaining to;. Often added to words of Latin origin, but also used with words of other origins. When a word ends in a
3Middle English-an—

Words derived from “rrëzë”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wréh₂ds →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wr̥h₂dnyo- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wr̥h₂dnih₂- →