Where does “thep” come from?

thep (Albanian) comes from Proto-Albanian tsaipa, from Proto-Indo-European ḱoypos.

thep (Albanian): peak; point; cog

Definitions

  1. peak; point; cog

Ancestry of “thep”, step by step

thep traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Albanian tsaipa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Albaniantsaipa—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanḱoypos—

via Proto-Northern Jê *tep

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Northern Jê*tep—
2Proto-Cerrado*tep—

Words derived from “thep”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱoypos →Every word from Proto-Albanian tsaipa →
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