Where does “shemnoqe” come from?
shemnoqe (Albanian) comes from Albanian shemnok, from Albanian shemb, from Proto-Albanian ampa, from Proto-Indo-European ap-.
shemnoqe (Albanian): damaged road
Ancestry of “shemnoqe”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Albanian | shemnok | — |
| 2 | Albanian | shemb | I demolish, abate, collapse |
| 3 | Proto-Albanian | ampa | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ap- | — |