Where does “vëngër” come from?

vëngër (Albanian) comes from Albanian vang, from Proto-Albanian uang-, from Proto-Indo-European wen(H)g- — to be bent, curved.

vëngër (Albanian): cross-eyed

Definitions

  1. cross-eyed

Ancestry of “vëngër”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albanianvangrim, felloe
2Proto-Albanianuang-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwen(H)g-to be bent, curved
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wen(H)g- →Every word from Proto-Albanian uang- →Every word from Albanian vang →