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Where does “shter” come from?

shter (Albanian) comes from Albanian ter, from Proto-Albanian taura, from Proto-Indo-European táwros — wild bull, aurochs.

shter (Albanian): to dry up, run dry; to exhaust

Definitions

  1. to dry up, run dry; to exhaust

Ancestry of “shter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albanianterbull; I dry, dry off
2Proto-Albaniantaurabull
3Proto-Indo-Europeantáwroswild bull, aurochs

Words derived from “shter”

  • shteroj
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