shtang
Albanian
Verb
shtang (first-person singular past tense shtanga, participle shtangur)
- I am stunned, appalled
Noun
shtang m
- the tip of an arrow or spear
Derived terms
- shtangë
Etymology 2
From Proto-Albanian *stanga related to Old Norse stinga (“to put, to stick”), Lithuanian sténgiu, sténgti (“to be able”), stiñgti (“to become hard”) and Latvian stiñgt (“id”).[1]
Adjective
shtang m (feminine shtange)
- hard (material)
References
- Orel, Vladimir (1998), “shtang”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Cologne: Brill, →ISBN, page 436
Further reading
- “shtang” on fjalorthi.com
- shtang in Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe at shkenca.org