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Where does “serpena” come from?

serpena (Proto-Albanian) comes from Proto-Indo-European serp-en-o-s, from Proto-Indo-European serp- — to creep, crawl.

serpena (Proto-Albanian): snake

Definitions

  1. snake

Ancestry of “serpena”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanserp-en-o-s—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanserp-to creep, crawl

Words derived from “serpena”

  • gjarpër
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