Where does “shkathët” come from?

shkathët (Albanian) comes from Albanian shkath, from Albanian ngath, from Albanian ngah, from Proto-Albanian en-gaska, from Proto-Indo-European gʷm̥sḱéti, from Proto-Indo-European gʷem- — to step.

shkathët (Albanian): skillful, adept, clever

Definitions

  1. skillful, adept, clever

Ancestry of “shkathët”, step by step

shkathët traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Albanian shkath

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1AlbanianshkathI warm up, loosen, relax
2AlbanianngathI stiffen, make tense, make clumsy, lazy
3AlbanianngahI run, hasten, go quickly
4Proto-Albanianen-gaska—
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʷm̥sḱétito be walking; to come, to be coming
6Proto-Indo-Europeangʷem-to step

via Albanian et

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albanianetthirst
2Proto-Indo-Europeani̯etto set out for; to strive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷem- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷm̥sḱéti →Every word from Proto-Albanian en-gaska →