Re: [tied] Re: Ardagast/Radogost

Abdullah Konushevci wrote:

> Radogosh is also an place name in Albania and it seems closely
> connected to metathetic form Ardagast. So, for my opinion, it could
> also segmented as ard- (Celt. hill) + -ag (*ag 'road') and well-
> known suffix -ast. The Celtic root is well attested in many place
> names: Arduba in Illyria (cf. Korduba in Spain), Ardenica in Albania
> with microtoponym The Hills of Ardenica, etc. The second element is
> PIE root *ag- "to lead" in o grade *og- derived in Albanian
> udhë 'road' (cf. përudhë 'to show the way to') attested in place
> name Hogosht, characteristic aspiration of first wovel in Albanian,
> besides Serbian form Ogosht. That one leader could gets name from a
> place name, when he had won a battle, it's well-known fact etc
>
> Regards,
> Konushevci
> ************

I will put here Ardeal in Romania. I allways asked myaslef which a
connection should be between celto-iberic "duba" and thracian
"daba/dava", as well as the iberic-italic "bria" and thracian "bria".