Where does “shëmbëllej” come from?
shëmbëllej (Albanian) comes from Latin similāre, from Latin similaris, from Latin similis, from Proto-Italic semalis, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.
shëmbëllej (Albanian): I look like, resemble
Ancestry of “shëmbëllej”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | similāre | — |
| 2 | Latin | similaris | uniform; similar; second-person singular present... |
| 3 | Latin | similis | similar |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | semalis | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |
Words derived from “shëmbëllej”