Where does “vadhëz” come from?

vadhëz (Albanian) comes from Albanian vadhë, from Byzantine Greek οἴη, from Ancient Greek ὄα, from Proto-Hellenic *oiwa, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyHw- — yew.

vadhëz (Albanian): rowan, mountain ash; rowan berry

Definitions

  1. rowan, mountain ash; rowan berry

Ancestry of “vadhëz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albanianvadhësorb apple; rowan, mountain ash
2Byzantine Greekοἴηsorb apple; service tree; feminine...
3Ancient Greekὄαthe service tree (Sorbus domestica), whose fruit is the sorb apple
4Proto-Hellenic*oiwa—
5Proto-Indo-European*h₁eyHw-yew
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyHw- →Every word from Proto-Hellenic *oiwa →Every word from Ancient Greek ὄα →