Where does “vajtim” come from?

vajtim (Albanian) comes from Albanian im, from Albanian imë, from Albanian imtë, from Proto-Albanian īs-mos, from Proto-Indo-European ís — this, he (used as the 3rd person pronoun).

vajtim (Albanian): polyphony

Definitions

  1. polyphony

Ancestry of “vajtim”, step by step

vajtim traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Albanian im

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albanianimmy, of mine; my; mine
2Albanianimë—
3Albanianimtëtiny, small, fine; very short time, an instant; a...
4Proto-Albanianīs-mos—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanísthis, he (used as the 3rd person pronoun)

via Albanian vaj

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albanianvajoil; woe!, alas!
2Proto-Albanianuai—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwáyoh!; ah!; woe!
4Proto-Indo-Europeanuwáyto see oneself
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ís →Every word from Proto-Albanian īs-mos →Every word from Albanian imtë →