Where does “usta” come from?
usta (Albanian) comes from Persian اوستا, from Middle Persian ʾp(y)stʾk'.
usta (Albanian): mason; master
Ancestry of “usta”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Persian | اوستا | Alternative form of استاد |
| 2 | Middle Persian | ʾp(y)stʾk' | — |