shkop

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *skāpa, further related to Greek σκᾶπος (skâpos), σκῆπτρον (skêptron, “staff”), Latin scāpus (“shaft, stem”), Old High German skaft (“shaft, spear”).[1] Pisani and Cabej claim a borrowing from north western Doric Greek σκᾶπος (skâpos)[2]

Noun

shkop m (plural shkopinj, definite shkopi, definite plural shkopinjtë)

  1. stick, pole, club

Synonyms

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shkop”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 421
  2. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shkop”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 422
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