Where does “surmë” come from?
surmë (Albanian) comes from Proto-Albanian tsurma, from Proto-Indo-European k̑r̥mo-.
surmë (Albanian): dark grey
Ancestry of “surmë”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Albanian | tsurma | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | k̑r̥mo- | — |