Where does “skijā” come from?

skijā (Proto-Albanian) comes from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₃ih₂, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₃- — darkness, shadow.

Ancestry of “skijā”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱeh₃ih₂shadow, shade
2Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱeh₃-darkness, shadow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₃-Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₃ih₂