Where does “vjetër” come from?

vjetër (Albanian) comes from Albanian vjet, from Czech jet, from Proto-Slavic jěti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic jā́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European yéh₂-ti, from Proto-Indo-European yeh₂- — to go; to go in, enter; to ride, to travel.

vjetër (Albanian): old

Definitions

  1. old

Ancestry of “vjetër”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albanianvjetlast year
2Czechjetto ride; to go
3Proto-Slavicjětito go, ride
4Proto-Balto-Slavicjā́ˀteito ride, to travel
5Proto-Indo-Europeanyéh₂-ti—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanyeh₂-to go; to go in, enter; to ride, to travel
Every word from Proto-Indo-European yeh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European yéh₂-ti →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic jā́ˀtei →