Where does “vjedhëse” come from?

vjedhëse (Albanian) comes from Albanian vjedhës, from Albanian -ës, from Albanian nxë, from Proto-Albanian džeina, from Proto-Indo-European gʰendʰ- — ulcer, sore, abscess, boil; sore, ulcer, abscess,...

vjedhëse (Albanian): thief

Definitions

  1. thief

Ancestry of “vjedhëse”, step by step

vjedhëse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Albanian vjedhës

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albanianvjedhësthief
2Albanian-ësused to form agent nouns. -er
3AlbaniannxëI learn, study; I grasp, snatch; I fit
4Proto-Albaniandžeina—
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʰendʰ-ulcer, sore, abscess, boil; sore, ulcer, abscess,...

via Albanian e

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albanianeand; also; Third-person singular accusative-case...
2Proto-Slavico(d)—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰendʰ- →Every word from Albanian -ës →Every word from Proto-Albanian džeina →