Where does “shtrembër” come from?

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

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

Definitions

  1. crooked, bent, askew, crosswise

Ancestry of “shtrembër”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albanianshtrembcrooked, bent, askew, crosswise
2Vulgar Latinstrambussquinting, crosseyed, crooked, distorted
3Latinstrabussquinting, crooked, slanted
4Ancient Greekστραβόςdistorted, oblique; squinting, squint-eyed
5Proto-Indo-Europeanstrebʰ-—

Words derived from “shtrembër”

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