shtalp
Albanian
Alternative forms
- shtalb
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *stalpa,[1] from *stela (modern shtjell), cognate to Middle Low German stalpen (“stagnate”).[2] More at shtjell.
Noun
shtalp m (definite singular shtalpi)
- wheat or corn whose grain is still milky
- rennet
- (colloquial) semen
- (Arbëresh) creamy, sweet goat cheese with the texture of milk pudding
Derived terms
- shtalpë, shtalpët, shtalpak
References
- Vladimir Orel, Albanian Etymological Dictionary (Leiden: Brill, 1998), 435-6.
- Bardhyl Demiraj, Albanische Etymologien (Amsterdam - Atlanta: Rodopoi, 1997), 376.