Where does “ghimpe” come from?

ghimpe (Romanian) comes from Albanian gjemb, from Albanian glëmb, from Proto-Albanian glamba, from Proto-Indo-European glembʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European gel- — to be cold, to freeze.

ghimpe (Romanian): thorn

Definitions

  1. thorn

Ancestry of “ghimpe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albaniangjembthorn
2Albanianglëmb—
3Proto-Albanianglamba—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanglembʰ-clamp, mass; lump, clamp; to hold, clench
5Proto-Indo-Europeangel-to be cold, to freeze

Words derived from “ghimpe”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European glembʰ- →Every word from Proto-Albanian glamba →