shtreze

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Albanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Singularized plural of *shtër-ez, based on *shtërë, from shtroj (cf. shtredhë). Alternatively from Proto-Albanian *steura, from Proto-Germanic *steuro (steering paddle, rudder, stern), from *steurjan (to steer) (cf. Old English stéor).[1]

Noun[edit]

shtreze f (plural shtreze, definite shtërza, definite plural shtrezet)

  1. stern of a ship

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shtreze”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 442