- Illyrian Language
- Sources
- Glossary
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Sources:
1. Neroznak, V. Paleo-Balkan languages.
Moscow, 1978.
2. Katicic, R. Ancient Languages of the Balkans.
The Hague, 1976.
3. Fasmer, M. The Etymological Dictionary
of the Russian Language. Moscow, 1986.
Glossary:
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| alt- (a stream) (in Altus - a hydronym) | |
| ap- (water, river) | *Hap- 'water', 'river' |
| barba- (a swamp) (in Metubarbis - a toponym) | Albanian berrak (swampy soil), Sanskrit barburam (water), Greek borboros (slime) |
| benna (a woman) - Messapic | *gwen- 'woman' |
| bra' (brother! (vocative)) | *bhra'te'r 'a brother' |
| brisa (husks of grapes) | |
| can- (a dog) | *kwon- (a dog) |
| cleves- (famous) (in Vesclevesis - a personal name) | *kleu- (to hear, to listen), Latin clarus (famous), Greek kleos (fame) |
| Daunus (wolf ?) | *dhaw- 'to suppress, to kill' |
| kork-, kerk- (an oak ?) (in Korkura, Kerkura - a place name) | Latin quercus 'oak', Venetic Quarqueni |
| lugo- (a pool) | |
| mag- (great) | *meg- (great) |
| mandos, mannus (a small horse) | Breton menn (a small animal), Latin mannus (a Gaulish horse) |
| Menzanas (a god to whome horses were given) - Messapic | see mandos |
| metu- (between) (in Metubarbis - a toponym) | *medyo- (medium, between) |
| oseriates (lakes) | Slavic *ozero (a lake), Lithuanian ez'eras (a lake) |
| plo- (strong, powerful) | *plu- (numerous)? |
| rinos (clouds) | |
| sal- (salt) (in Salapia - a river name) | *sal- 'grey' dirty, salt' |
| sybina (a spear) | |
| tertigio (a merchant) | Slavic *türgü (a market), Lithuanian tirgus, Albanian trege" (a market) |
| teuta- (people, a tribe) | "European" *teutá- (people, a tribe), Oscan touta (a tribe), Gaulish teuto- (people) |
| ves- (kind, good) (in Vesclevesis - a personal name) | *wesu- (good, kind) |
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