Re: [tied] Re: Albanian origins and much more

--- alex <alxmoeller@...> wrote:
the paralel comparation made by Pogirc

> regarding the toponyms in the
> illirian and dacian (not thracian) space:
>
> Dacian - Illyrian
>
> Alutas - Alto
> Apus(Appion) - Apilas, Aponus
> Arine - Arion
> Artanes - Artatus
> Drencon - Drinus
> Iatrus(Ieterus) - Iadrus (in Dalmatia)
> Naracion - Naron
> Pannysis - Paniasos
> Timachus - Timavus
> (Pa)Tisia - Tit(i)us
>
>
> These paralels appears interesant since, if they are
> true, then one can
> speak here about dialectal variation of one and the
> same name. If they are
> "native" Illyrian and Dacian, then it is imposible
> to have two very
> appropiate languages ( based on these toponyms) but
> one of them should be
> centum and one of them should be catem. The another
> posibility should be the
> toponyms in one region have been "brought" by
> imigrants from another region.
> If from Illyria in Dacia or from Dacia in Illyria,
> one has to see..

*****GK: Then there is also a third possibility, viz.,
that they represent a layer (IE?) earlier than either
Illyrian and Dacian, taken over by the newer languages
in their respective areas. With respect to Illyrian,
are there not glosses in Messapian Illyric which
enable one to estimate the resemblances or differences
with Thracian and Dacian?*****




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