shtëng
Albanian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Albanian *štanga, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *st(h₂)eug-, from *steyh₂-. Compare Sanskrit स्त्यायते (styāyate, “it hardens”), Ancient Greek στῖον (stîon, “pebble”), Russian стена́ (stená, “wall”), Old English stān (“stone”). Alternatively cognate to Old Norse stinga (“to put, to stick”), Lithuanian sténgiu, sténgti (“to be able”), stingt (“it hardens”).[1]
Noun edit
shtëng m
Related terms edit
References edit
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998), “shtëng”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 252