Where does “thërmoj” come from?
thërmoj (Albanian) comes from Albanian thërrime, from Albanian ther, from Proto-Albanian tśōr-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱeh₃-(i-).
thërmoj (Albanian): to crumb, break
Ancestry of “thërmoj”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Albanian | thërrime | crumb |
| 2 | Albanian | ther | I cut, prick, pierce, slaughter |
| 3 | Proto-Albanian | tśōr- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱeh₃-(i-) | — |