Where does “vëmendje” come from?
vëmendje (Albanian) comes from Albanian mendje, from Albanian mënd, from Latin mōmentum, from Latin mōvimentum, from Latin -mentum, from Latin -menta, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.
vëmendje (Albanian): attention, concentration, care
Definitions
- attention, concentration, care
Ancestry of “vëmendje”, step by step
vëmendje traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Albanian mendje
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Albanian | mendje | mind |
| 2 | Albanian | mënd | moment; I feed; I suckle |
| 3 | Latin | mōmentum | movement, motion, impulse; course |
| 4 | Latin | mōvimentum | movement |
| 5 | Latin | -mentum | instrument, medium, or result of; e.g.... |
| 6 | Latin | -menta | nominative plural of -mentum; accusative plural... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -mn̥ | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs |
via Albanian vë
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Albanian | vë | to put, to place |
| 2 | Proto-Albanian | widewā | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁widʰéwh₂ | widow |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁weydʰh₁- | to separate, divide |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dwi- | two; apart, asunder |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dwóh₁ | two |