Re: [tied] Ukrainian words from Carpathians

Piotr Gasiorowski wrote:

> > As far as I remember, there are also place name Beskides and
> there are all chances to be explained only through Alb. appellative
> bjeshkë 'summer mountain pasture'
>
> Yes, several mountain ranges in southern Poland are called Beskid
> or (pl.) Beskidy (< *beskydU < **besku:do-, with loss of
> palatalisation that looks as if it were due to Czech/Slovak/Ukrainian
> influence). The word is genuinely old and the Albanian connection may
> be real. Like the name of the Carpathians 'the Rockies' (cf. Alb.
> karpë), which is well over 2000 years old, it may be a surviving
> substrate word
>
> Piotr

Leting the root somewhere in the dark, let see how and which languages
made from the root +"ati" or "atians" the name which we today know. Is
this Greek or Latin or neither one nor another one? And would you mind
there is no connection between the actual name and the ancient name as
Riphees Mountains ?