shtalb
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Albanian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Albanian *stalpa,[1] from *stela corresponding to modern shtjell,[2] from which root also shqile (“rennet, rennet stomach”), also otherwise also connected to gjalpë (“butter”)—Erat leaves the origin open.[3]
Noun
[edit]shtalb m (definite shtalbi)
- wheat or corn whose grain is still milky
- rennet
- rennet stomach
- (colloquial) semen
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shtalb”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 435-6
- ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 376
- ^ Erat, Janez (2008) Etimološki slovar albanskega jezika [Albanian Etymological Dictionary][2] (in Slovene), 2 edition, page 99