[tied] Re: Albanian names (2) -> Besa, Besiana ("Google 1720" to "G

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski wrote:

>> I suppose that you know very well what happens when you try to make
>> searches and to find out conclusions, when you search outside the
>> current context of that problem.
>> In your examples, as like in the Miguel's one, the context is
>> wittingly ignored...
>
> [...] A short string of segments like /bes-/ is bound to pop up
> here and there by pure coincidence -- full stop.

For Miguel's fun, let's mention also "Riu Besos" near Barcelona;
a troubling coincidence... :-)

> Actually, it can be demonstrated _with certainty_ that Thracian
> Bess- simply can't have anything to do with Albanian besë. I'll
> show you the proof if you're interested; all one needs is a
> little familiarity with Albanian historical linguistics.

You mean Albanian /s/ > /sh/ in historical times, or you have
something else in mind?!

Regards,
Marius Iacomi