Where does “këntahkusi” come from?
këntahkusi (Unami) comes from Unami -ahkusi, from Albanian -ësi, from Albanian -ës, from Albanian nxë, from Proto-Albanian džeina, from Proto-Indo-European gʰendʰ- — ulcer, sore, abscess, boil; sore, ulcer, abscess,...
këntahkusi (Unami): To be climbing up
Definitions
- To be climbing up
Ancestry of “këntahkusi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unami | -ahkusi | To be climbing |
| 2 | Albanian | -ësi | indicates a state of being: -ism, -ness, -hood,... |
| 3 | Albanian | -ës | used to form agent nouns. -er |
| 4 | Albanian | nxë | I learn, study; I grasp, snatch; I fit |
| 5 | Proto-Albanian | džeina | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰendʰ- | ulcer, sore, abscess, boil; sore, ulcer, abscess,... |