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
- hardened or pressed matter
Related terms
- shtang
References
- A Concise Historical Grammar of the Albanian Language, V.Orel, Koninklijke Brill, Leiden 2000, pp. 252