Where does “vigmë” come from?

vigmë (Albanian) comes from Albanian vegoj, from Proto-Albanian věgonja, from Proto-Indo-European sweh₂gʰ- — to wail.

vigmë (Albanian): cry of women

Definitions

  1. cry of women

Ancestry of “vigmë”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albanianvegojit starts appearing, it looks blurry, dawn...
2Proto-Albanianvěgonja—
3Proto-Indo-Europeansweh₂gʰ-to wail
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sweh₂gʰ- →Every word from Proto-Albanian věgonja →Every word from Albanian vegoj →