Where does “kāta” come from?
kāta (Proto-Albanian) comes from Proto-Indo-European skh₃tos, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₃- — darkness, shadow.
Ancestry of “kāta”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Indo-European | skh₃tos | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ḱeh₃- | darkness, shadow |