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Where does “rugjë” come from?

rugjë (Albanian) comes from Proto-Albanian ruga, from Proto-Indo-European reu-g- — to tear, to pull.

rugjë (Albanian): closely cropped

Definitions

  1. closely cropped

Ancestry of “rugjë”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Albanianruga—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanreu-g-to tear, to pull
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