Where does “албанка” come from?

албанка (Ukrainian) comes from Ukrainian алба́нець, from Ukrainian Алба́нія, from Medieval Latin Albania, from Ancient Greek Ἀλβανία, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

албанка (Ukrainian): Albanian

Definitions

  1. Albanian

Ancestry of “албанка”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ukrainianалба́нецьAlbanian
2UkrainianАлба́нія—
3Medieval LatinAlbaniaScotland
4Ancient GreekἈλβανία—
5Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
6Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
7Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →Every word from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ →Every word from Ancient Greek Ἀλβανία →