usht

Albanian

Etymology

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

Noun

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

  1. ear (of grain)

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (2000) A Concise Historical Grammar of the Albanian Language, Leiden: Brill, page 490
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