Where does “sëpatë” come from?

sëpatë (Albanian) comes from Italian spada, from Italian spata, from Latin spatha, from Ancient Greek σπάθη, from Proto-Indo-European sph₂-dʰ-.

sëpatë (Albanian): axe

Definitions

  1. axe

Ancestry of “sëpatë”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianspadasword; épée; spades
2Italianspataspathe
3Latinspathaspatula, spattle; spatha; a long, two-edged,...
4Ancient Greekσπάθηany broad blade, of wood or metal
5Proto-Indo-Europeansph₂-dʰ-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sph₂-dʰ- →