shtang

Albanian

Verb

shtang (first-person singular past tense shtanga, participle shtangur)

  1. I am stunned, appalled

Noun

shtang m

  1. the tip of an arrow or spear
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Albanian *stanga related to Old Norse stinga (“to put, to stick”), Lithuanian sténgiu, sténgti (“to be able”), stiñgti (“to become hard”) and Latvian stiñgt (“id”).[1]

Adjective

shtang m (feminine shtange)

  1. hard (material)

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (1998) Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 436

Further reading
  • “shtang” on fjalorthi.com
  • shtang in Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe at shkenca.org
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