shtrungë

Uncertain;[1] possibly:

• from shtrij (“to spread, stretch”) + unproductive suffix -ungë,[2] compare ballungë, shtëllungë,
• from Proto-Albanian *strungā, from Proto-Indo-European *strn̥gʰ-éh₂, from *strengʰ- (“to twist together”),[3]
• or dissimilated from Proto-Albanian *satrunkā, from Proto-Indo-European *sm̥-tr(o)nkʷ-eh₂, from *sm̥- (“together”) +‎ *trenkʷ- (“push”) +‎ *-éh₂.[4]

• IPA^(key): [ʃtɹuŋ]

shtrungë f (plural shtrunga, definite shtrunga, definite plural shtrungat)

1. narrow runway near gateway of a pen or hold where sheep, goats, or cattle are milked
2. sheepfold, goat pen

   Synonym: vathë

3. shallow channel connecting an irrigation canal to the irrigation ditch of a field
4. (colloquial) wooden milking pail

   Synonyms: shtrungël, vedër, mjelcë

• shtrungël
• shtrungëtar
• Struga[5]

• shtie
• shtrij
• shtroj

• → Aromanian: strungã / strunghe
• → Istro-Romanian: strungă
• → Megleno-Romanian: strungă
• → Romanian: strungă

• Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shtrungë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 443