shkop

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Albanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Albanian *skāpa, further related to Greek σκᾶπος (skâpos), σκῆπτρον (skêptron, staff), Latin scāpus (shaft, stem), Old High German skaft (shaft, spear).[1] Pisani and Cabej claim a borrowing from north western Doric Greek σκᾶπος (skâpos)[2]

Noun[edit]

shkop m (plural shkopinj, definite shkopi, definite plural shkopinjtë)

  1. stick, pole, club

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shkop”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 421
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shkop”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 422