Where does “shtuara” come from?
shtuara (Albanian) comes from Albanian shtuar, from Albanian shtoj, from Proto-Albanian stānja, from Proto-Indo-European stnéh₂ti, from Proto-Indo-European steh₂- — to stand.
shtuara (Albanian): upright
Ancestry of “shtuara”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Albanian | shtuar | — |
| 2 | Albanian | shtoj | I add; I increase, augment; I accumulate, accrue |
| 3 | Proto-Albanian | stānja | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | stnéh₂ti | to place, to stand |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | steh₂- | to stand |