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Where does “shemëllnjënj” come from?

shemëllnjënj (Albanian) comes from Albanian shëmbëllej, from Latin similāre, from Latin similaris, from Latin similis, from Proto-Italic semalis, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

shemëllnjënj (Albanian): paint

Definitions

  1. paint

Ancestry of “shemëllnjënj”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1AlbanianshëmbëllejI look like, resemble
2Latinsimilāre—
3Latinsimilarisuniform; similar; second-person singular present...
4Latinsimilissimilar
5Proto-Italicsemalis—
6Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one
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