shtriqem
Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *streg-, *treg- (“stiff, rigid”). Compare German strecken (“to stretch, straighten, elongate”), Danish strække (“to stretch”), Swedish sträcka (“to stretch”). Alternatively from tërheq, with privative sh- suffix.
Verb
shtriqem (first-person singular past tense shtroqa, participle shtriqur)