Where does “zemërvogël” come from?

zemërvogël (Albanian) comes from Albanian vogël, from Proto-Albanian wāgla, from Proto-Indo-European Hou-go-.

zemërvogël (Albanian): ungenerous

Definitions

  1. ungenerous

Ancestry of “zemërvogël”, step by step

zemërvogël traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Albanian vogël

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albanianvogëlsmall, little
2Proto-Albanianwāgla—
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanHou-go-—

via Albanian zemër

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albanianzemërheart
Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hou-go- →Every word from Proto-Albanian wāgla →Every word from Albanian vogël →