shtrek

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *streka, from Proto-Indo-European *ster- (“unclean liquid, manure”). Compare Latin stercus (“excrement”), Breton stronk, Welsh trwnc (“id”).[1]

Noun

shtrek m (plural shtriqe, definite shtreku, definite plural shtriqet)

  1. corpse, carrion

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian‎, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN
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