shkop

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *skāpa, further related to Greek σκᾶπος (skᾶpos), σκῆπτρον (skῆptron, “staff”), Latin scāpus (“shaft, stem”), Old High German skaft (“shaft, spear”)[1].

Noun

shkop m (indefinite plural shkopinjë, definite singular shkopi, definite plural shkopinjtë)

  1. stick, pole, club
Synonyms

References
  1. A Concise Historical Grammar of the Albanian Language, V.Orel, Koninklijke Brill ,Leiden 2000, p.421
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