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Where does “zan” come from?

zan (Old Albanian) comes from Proto-Albanian džeina, from Proto-Indo-European gʰendʰ- — ulcer, sore, abscess, boil; sore, ulcer, abscess,...

Ancestry of “zan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Albaniandžeina—
2Proto-Indo-Europeangʰendʰ-ulcer, sore, abscess, boil; sore, ulcer, abscess,...
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