Where does “vajgur” come from?

vajgur (Albanian) comes from Albanian vaj, from Proto-Albanian uai, from Proto-Indo-European wáy, from Proto-Indo-European uwáy — to see oneself.

vajgur (Albanian): kerosene

Definitions

  1. kerosene

Ancestry of “vajgur”, step by step

vajgur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Albanian vaj

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albanianvajoil; woe!, alas!
2Proto-Albanianuai—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwáyoh!; ah!; woe!
4Proto-Indo-Europeanuwáyto see oneself

via Albanian gur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albaniangurstone, rock; boulder; calculus
2Albanian-ojsuffix used for 1st person singular -...
3Aromanian-onj—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European uwáy →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wáy →Every word from Proto-Albanian uai →