alexandru_mg3 wrote:
> And DACIAN : Ister/Hister/Istros/Istrus => the name of the Danube River
Well, almost. To the extent that we're able to distinguish between
"Dacian" and "Thracian", I'd classify Istros under the latter label.
There's positive evidence of *sr > Thracian str, as in the name of the
River Strymon (Gk. Stru:mo:n). If "Dacian" is to be identified with the
Albanoid substrate in Romanian, I've argued here that in that language
*-s- was lost before *r, lengthening the preceding vowel, and no *t was
inserted.
Piotr