shtoj
Albanian
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Albanian *stānja, from *st-n̥é-h₂-, nasal present of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand”). Cognate to Latin stō, Old High German stān, Lithuanian stóju and Proto-Slavic *stojǫ.[1]
Verb
shtoj (aorist shtova, participle shtuar)
- to increase, augment
- to accumulate, accrue
Related terms
References
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shtoj”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 440