Where does “shtojzovalle” come from?

shtojzovalle (Albanian) comes from Albanian zot, from Proto-Albanian w(i)tspáti, from Proto-Indo-European wiḱpótis, from Proto-Indo-European pótnih₂, from Proto-Indo-European pótis, from Proto-Indo-European ph₃tis, from Proto-Indo-European peh₃- — to drink.

shtojzovalle (Albanian): fairy; imagined as a beautiful girl with supernatural powers that lives in forests and mountains while dancing and singing

Definitions

  1. fairy; imagined as a beautiful girl with supernatural powers that lives in forests and mountains while dancing and singing

Ancestry of “shtojzovalle”, step by step

shtojzovalle traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Albanian zot

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albanianzotmaster, headman; boss, head; Lord, God
2Proto-Albanianw(i)tspáti
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwiḱpótisclan chief; master of a household; lord
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpótnih₂wife
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpótismaster, ruler; husband
6Proto-Indo-Europeanph₃tis
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₃-to drink

via Albanian shtoj

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1AlbanianshtojI add; I increase, augment; I accumulate, accrue
2Proto-Albanianstānja
3Proto-Indo-Europeanstnéh₂tito place, to stand
4Proto-Indo-Europeansteh₂-to stand

via Albanian vallë

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albanianvallëmaybe, wishfully, probably
2AlbanianvallëzojI dance
3Ancient Greekβαλλίζωto dance, jump about
4Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷelH-to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₃-Every word from Proto-Indo-European ph₃tisEvery word from Proto-Indo-European pótis
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