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]
- From earlier shtek, from Proto-Albanian *śtaigʉh, from Proto-Indo-European *stóygʰos < *steygʰ- (“to climb”).[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʃtɛɡ]
Related terms
References
- Orel, Vladimir (1998), “shteg”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 437
- Stefan Schumacher & Joachim Matzinger, Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 2013), 227.
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