Where does “verbërisht” come from?
verbërisht (Albanian) comes from Albanian verbër, from Proto-Albanian u̯œrbana-, from Latin orbus, from Proto-Indo-European h₃órbʰos, from Proto-Indo-European h₃erbʰ- — to change allegiance, status, ownership;...
verbërisht (Albanian): blindly
Ancestry of “verbërisht”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Albanian | verbër | blind |
| 2 | Proto-Albanian | u̯œrbana- | — |
| 3 | Latin | orbus | bereaved, bereft, deprived by death; deprived,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃órbʰos | orphan; servant, slave, worker |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃erbʰ- | to change allegiance, status, ownership;... |