Where does “shëndet” come from?
shëndet (Albanian) comes from Vulgar Latin sanitatis, from Latin sānitās, from Latin -tās, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
shëndet (Albanian): health; greeting; toast
Ancestry of “shëndet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Vulgar Latin | sanitatis | genitive singular of sānitās |
| 2 | Latin | sānitās | — |
| 3 | Latin | -tās | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
Words derived from “shëndet”