Where does “țepos” come from?

țepos (Romanian) comes from Romanian țeapă, from Albanian thep, from Proto-Albanian tsaipa, from Proto-Indo-European ḱoypos.

țepos (Romanian): spiky

Definitions

  1. spiky

Ancestry of “țepos”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianțeapăstick; spike; thorn, prick, spine, splinter
2Albaniantheppeak; point; cog
3Proto-Albaniantsaipa—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱoypos—

Words derived from “țepos”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱoypos →Every word from Proto-Albanian tsaipa →Every word from Albanian thep →