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)
- corpse, carrion
Related terms
- kërmë
References
- Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN