shtrek

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *streka, from Proto-Indo-European *ster- 'unclean liquid, manure'. Compare Latin stercus (“excrement”), Breton stronk, Welsh trwnc (“id”)[1].

Noun

shtrek m (indefinite plural shtriqe, definite singular shtreku, definite plural shtriqet)

  1. corpse, carrion

References
  1. A Concise Historical Grammar of the Albanian Language, V.Orel, Koninklijke Brill ,Leiden 2000
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