Where does “shfaqje” come from?
shfaqje (Albanian) comes from Albanian shfaq, from Albanian faqe, from Vulgar Latin facia, from Latin facies, from Latin facio, from Proto-Italic fakjō, from Proto-Italic *θakjō, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁k-yé-ti — to do, put, place.
shfaqje (Albanian): show, play; appearance
Ancestry of “shfaqje”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Albanian | shfaq | to show; to appear |
| 2 | Albanian | faqe | cheek; face; side |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | facia | appearance; countenance; face |
| 4 | Latin | facies | shape, figure; face, countenance, visage;... |
| 5 | Latin | facio | I do; I make, construct, fashion, frame, build,... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | fakjō | to make |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *θakjō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | *dʰh₁k-yé-ti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |