Where does “sheshqitje” come from?
sheshqitje (Albanian) comes from Albanian shesh, from Latin sessum, from Latin sedeō, from Proto-Italic sedēō, from Proto-Indo-European sḗd- — to sit.
sheshqitje (Albanian): firing range
Ancestry of “sheshqitje”, step by step
sheshqitje traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Albanian shesh
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Albanian | shesh | floor, ground, soil; plain, field, flat soil |
| 2 | Latin | sessum | perfect passive participle of sedeō; accusative... |
| 3 | Latin | sedeō | to sit, to be seated |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | sedēō | sit, be sitting, be seated |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | sḗd- | to sit |
via Albanian qit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Albanian | qit | to pull out (weapon); to draw out |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | k(')eid- | to fall, fall upon |