shtalb

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

shtalb m (definite shtalbi)

  1. wheat or corn whose grain is still milky
  2. rennet
  3. rennet stomach
  4. (colloquial) semen

Derived terms
  • shtalbak

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shtalb”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 435-6
  2. Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎ (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 376
  3. Erat, Janez (2008) Etimološki slovar albanskega jezika [Albanian Etymological Dictionary]‎ (in Slovene), 2 edition, page 99
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