shtalkë

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Albanian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Albanian *stalkā, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“stalk, stem”). Cognate to Ancient Greek στέλος (stélos, “beam”), Sanskrit स्थल (sthála, “elevation”), Middle Low German stale (“post”).[1] Also compare Old English stalu (“wooden upright”) (English stalk), Danish stilk.

Noun

shtalkë f (plural shtalka, definite shtalka, definite plural shtalkat)

  1. crossbeam, board (used as a door hinge)

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shtalkë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 435
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