Where does “tetëkëndësh” come from?

tetëkëndësh (Albanian) comes from Albanian -këndësh, from Albanian kënd, from Proto-Albanian kan tan.

tetëkëndësh (Albanian): octagon

Definitions

  1. octagon

Ancestry of “tetëkëndësh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albanian-këndëshgon suffix for names of polygons
2Albaniankëndwhom (alternative form of kë; somebody; corner
3Proto-Albaniankan tan
Every word from Proto-Albanian kan tan