shtijë

Albanian

Etymology

From shtie, with -jë feminine suffix. Orel claims a borrowing from Latin hastīle.[1]

Noun

shtijë f

  1. spit, spear

Derived terms

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian‎, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 226
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