Where does “shkrep” come from?

shkrep (Albanian) comes from Proto-Albanian krepa, from Proto-West Germanic *kreupan, from Proto-Germanic kreupaną, from Proto-Indo-European ger- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

shkrep (Albanian): to flash, tone, to strike (till sparks fly off), an idea comes to one’s mind

Definitions

  1. to flash, tone, to strike (till sparks fly off), an idea comes to one’s mind

Ancestry of “shkrep”, step by step

shkrep traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Albanian krepa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Albaniankrepabody
2Proto-West Germanic*kreupanto creep, crawl
3Proto-Germanickreupanąto twist, to creep
4Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

via Albanian karp

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albaniankarp—
2Proto-Indo-EuropeankṛHp-—

Words derived from “shkrep”

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