shtalb

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Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Albanian *stalpa,[1] from *stela corresponding to modern shtjell,[2] from which root also shqile (rennet, rennet stomach), also otherwise also connected to gjalpë (butter)—Erat leaves the origin open.[3]

Noun

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shtalb m (definite shtalbi)

  1. wheat or corn whose grain is still milky
  2. rennet
  3. rennet stomach
  4. (colloquial) semen

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shtalb”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 435-6
  2. ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: []] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 376
  3. ^ Erat, Janez (2008) Etimološki slovar albanskega jezika [Albanian Etymological Dictionary]‎[2] (in Slovene), 2 edition, page 99