shtëng

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *štanga, from Proto-Indo-European *st(y)oy-. 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

shtëng m

  1. hardened or pressed matter

References
  1. A Concise Historical Grammar of the Albanian Language, V.Orel, Koninklijke Brill, Leiden 2000, pp. 252
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