Where does “tërmet” come from?

tërmet (Albanian) comes from Latin terrae motus, from Latin motus, from Latin movere, from Latin moveo, from Proto-Italic moweō, from Proto-Indo-European mew- — to move.

tërmet (Albanian): earthquake

Definitions

  1. earthquake

Ancestry of “tërmet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinterrae motusAlternative spelling of terraemotus
2Latinmotusmoved, stirred, disturbed, having been moved;...
3Latinmoverepresent active infinitive of moveō; second-person...
4LatinmoveoI move, stir, set in motion; I disturb, shake,...
5Proto-Italicmoweōto move
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmew-to move
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mew-Every word from Proto-Italic moweōEvery word from Latin moveo