heshtë

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Albanian

Etymology

A derivative in -shtë, from earlier *hellshtë (cf. kashtë, gashtë), based on hell.[1] Alternatively a substrate word along with Latin hasta, surviving in multiple forms; compare ushtë.

Noun

heshtë f

  1. spear

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “heshtë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 160