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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

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

Words derived from “shtremb”

  • shtrembër
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