shtroj

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *śt(a)rē-, from Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- (“to spread, scatter, floar”). Cognate to Old Church Slavonic прострѣти (prostrěti, “to spread”).[1]

Verb

shtroj (first-person singular past tense shtrova, participle shtruar)

  1. to spread, scatter, lay down
Derived terms

References
  1. Albanische Etymologien (Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz), Bardhyl Demiraj, Leiden Studies in Indo-European 7; Amsterdam - Atlanta 1997, p.379
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