Where does “zvogëlim” come from?

zvogëlim (Albanian) comes from Albanian im, from Albanian imë, from Albanian imtë, from Proto-Albanian īs-mos, from Proto-Indo-European ís — this, he (used as the 3rd person pronoun).

zvogëlim (Albanian): decreasement

Definitions

  1. decreasement

Ancestry of “zvogëlim”, step by step

zvogëlim traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Albanian im

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albanianimmy, of mine; my; mine
2Albanianimë—
3Albanianimtëtiny, small, fine; very short time, an instant; a...
4Proto-Albanianīs-mos—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanísthis, he (used as the 3rd person pronoun)

via Albanian zvogëloj

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albanianzvogëlojto decrease
2Albanianvogëlsmall, little
3Proto-Albanianwāgla—
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanHou-go-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ís →Every word from Proto-Albanian īs-mos →Every word from Albanian imtë →