Where does “zëdhënës” come from?

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

zëdhënës (Albanian): spokesman

Definitions

  1. spokesman

Ancestry of “zëdhënës”, step by step

zëdhënës traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Albanian dhënës

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albaniandhënësgiving, offering
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 zë

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albanianzëvoice; characteristic sound of something;...
2Old Albanianzan—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰendʰ- →