Albanian edit

Etymology edit

Identical to ushtë (spear), from Proto-Albanian *ušta, close to Old High German ort (point), Old Norse oddr (point) and Lithuanian usnìs (thistle).[1]

Noun edit

usht m (plural ushta, definite ushti, definite plural ushtat)

  1. ear (of grain)

Related terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “usht”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 490