Where does “shtremb” come from?

shtremb (Albanian) comes from Vulgar Latin strambus, from Latin strabus, from Ancient Greek στραβός, from Proto-Indo-European strebʰ-.

shtremb (Albanian): crooked, bent, askew, crosswise

Definitions

  1. crooked, bent, askew, crosswise

Ancestry of “shtremb”, step by step

shtremb traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vulgar Latin strambus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinstrambussquinting, crosseyed, crooked, distorted
2Latinstrabussquinting, crooked, slanted
3Ancient Greekστραβόςdistorted, oblique; squinting, squint-eyed
4Proto-Indo-Europeanstrebʰ-—

via Proto-Albanian štramba

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Albanianštramba—

Words derived from “shtremb”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European strebʰ- →Every word from Ancient Greek στραβός →Every word from Latin strabus →