Where does “shurdhoj” come from?

shurdhoj (Albanian) comes from Albanian shurdh, from Latin surdus, from Proto-Indo-European swēr- — heavy.

shurdhoj (Albanian): to deafen

Definitions

  1. to deafen

Ancestry of “shurdhoj”, step by step

shurdhoj traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Albanian shurdh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albanianshurdhdeaf
2Latinsurdusdeaf; inattentive, unresponsive; silent,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanswēr-heavy

via Albanian oj

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1AlbanianojI
2Proto-Slavicojethill, shaft
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂oyHsos—
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