shpërthej

shpër- +‎ thyej, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₃i- (“sharpen”). Alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *spreǵʰ- (“to spring, jump”). Compare Lithuanian spreñgti (“to push in”), Old Church Slavonic прѧсти (pręsti, “to spin, stretch”), Ancient Greek σπέρχω (spérkhō, “I hasten”), Sanskrit स्पृहयति (spṛhayati, “is eager”), Old English springan (“to spring”).

shpërthej (first-person singular past tense shpërtheu, participle shpërthyer)

1. to explode, blow up

• thyej
• kthej