Where does “kwënësi” come from?

kwënësi (Unami) comes 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,...

kwënësi (Unami): to be long

Definitions

  1. to be long

Ancestry of “kwënësi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albanian-ësiindicates a state of being: -ism, -ness, -hood,...
2Albanian-ësused to form agent nouns. -er
3AlbaniannxëI learn, study; I grasp, snatch; I fit
4Proto-Albaniandžeina—
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʰendʰ-ulcer, sore, abscess, boil; sore, ulcer, abscess,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰendʰ- →Every word from Albanian -ësi →Every word from Albanian -ës →