Where does “tërësi” come from?
tërësi (Albanian) comes from Albanian si, from Proto-Albanian tšei, from Proto-Albanian čī.
tërësi (Albanian): entirety; integrity
Ancestry of “tërësi”, step by step
tërësi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Albanian si
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Albanian | si | how; in what way; in what state; like, as |
| 2 | Proto-Albanian | tšei | — |
| 3 | Proto-Albanian | čī | — |
via Albanian tërë
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Albanian | tërë | whole, entire; all, everyone, everybody, each;... |
| 2 | Proto-Albanian | twana | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | tewH- | to observe; to look favourably upon; to swell; to... |