heshtë
Albanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]heshtë f
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “heshtë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 160