Where does “tortë” come from?

tortë (Albanian) comes from Latin tortum, from Latin tortus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

tortë (Albanian): cake; rope

Definitions

  1. cake; rope

Ancestry of “tortë”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintortumnominative neuter singular of tortus; accusative...
2Latintortustwisted, crooked; spun, whirled; bent, distorted
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus—
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →