Where does “vrazhdë” come from?

vrazhdë (Albanian) comes from Albanian vras, from Proto-Albanian awa-rautja, from Proto-Indo-European reu — to tear, to destroy.

vrazhdë (Albanian): hard, rough, unfriendly

Definitions

  1. hard, rough, unfriendly

Ancestry of “vrazhdë”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1AlbanianvrasI kill; I hurt, wound
2Proto-Albanianawa-rautja—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanreuto tear, to destroy
Every word from Proto-Indo-European reu →Every word from Proto-Albanian awa-rautja →Every word from Albanian vras →