usht

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Albanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Identical to ushtë (spear), from Proto-Albanian *ušta, close to Old High German ort (point), Old Norse oddr (point) and Lithuanian usnìs (thistle).[1]

Noun[edit]

usht m (plural ushta, definite ushti, definite plural ushtat)

  1. ear (of grain)

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “usht”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 490