shkop

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *skāpa, further related to Greek σκᾶπος (skᾶpos), σκῆπτρον (skῆptron, “staff”), Latin scāpus (“shaft, stem”), Old High German skaft (“shaft, spear”).[1]

Noun

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

  1. stick, pole, club

Synonyms

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (1998) Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 421
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