shteg

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Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *staiga, from Proto-Indo-European *stóygʰos (“way”), from *steygʰ-. Cognate to Ancient Greek στοῖχος (stoîkhos, “line, row”), Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌲𐌰 (staiga, “way”), Latvian staigāt (“to walk”) or Latvian pastaĩga (“a walk”).^[1]

From earlier shtek, from Proto-Albanian *śtaigʉh, from Proto-Indo-European *stóygʰos < *steygʰ- (“to climb”).^[2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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

path

Derived terms

shtegth

References

^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shteg”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 437
^ Schumacher, Stefan, Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 227

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