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Where does “shemb” come from?

shemb (Albanian) comes from Proto-Albanian ampa, from Proto-Indo-European ap-.

shemb (Albanian): I demolish, abate, collapse

Definitions

  1. I demolish, abate, collapse

Ancestry of “shemb”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Albanianampa—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanap-—

Words derived from “shemb”

  • shemnok
  • shemnoqe
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