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Where does “thjeshtër” come from?

thjeshtër (Albanian) comes from Albanian fjeshtër, from Latin fīliaster, from Latin fīlius, from Old Latin fīlios, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁y-li-os, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁(y)- — to suckle, nurse.

thjeshtër (Albanian): stepson; stepchild

Definitions

  1. stepson; stepchild

Ancestry of “thjeshtër”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albanianfjeshtër—
2Latinfīliaster—
3Latinfīlius—
4Old Latinfīlios—
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁y-li-ossucker
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁(y)-to suckle, nurse
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