Where does “vanë” come from?

vanë (Albanian) comes from Albanian va, from Latin vadum, from Proto-Italic waðom, from Proto-Indo-European wadʰom.

vanë (Albanian): crease, fold

Definitions

  1. crease, fold

Ancestry of “vanë”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albanianvaford; forest passageway; way out
2LatinvadumA shallow, ford, shoal; A body of water; sea,...
3Proto-Italicwaðomford, shallow water
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwadʰom—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wadʰom →Every word from Proto-Italic waðom →Every word from Latin vadum →