shteg
Albanian edit
Etymology edit
- From Proto-Albanian *staiga, from Proto-Indo-European *stóygʰos (“way”), from *steygʰ-. Cognate to Ancient Greek στοῖχος (stoîkhos, “line, row”), Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌲𐌰 (staiga, “way”), Latvian staigāt (“to walk”) or Latvian pastaĩga (“a walk”).[1]
- From earlier shtek, from Proto-Albanian *śtaigʉh, from Proto-Indo-European *stóygʰos < *steygʰ- (“to climb”).[2]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
shteg m (plural shtigje, definite shtegu, definite plural shtigjet)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shteg”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 437
- ^ Schumacher, Stefan, Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 227