shteg

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *staiga, from Proto-Indo-European *stóygʰos (“way”), from *steygʰ-. Cognate to Ancient Greek στοῖχος (stoîkhos, “line, row”), Gothic staiga (staiga, “way”), Latvian staĩga (“walking”).[1]

Noun

shteg m (indefinite plural shtigje, definite singular shtegu, definite plural shtigjet)

  1. path

References

  1. ↑ Orel, Vladimir (1998), “shteg”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 437
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