B. Personal names
1. Acra-banus, Acra-banis (H. Krahe, Pers. Lex., 3 Pannonia 298;
Spr. Ill, 1, 51. A. Mayer. Spr. Ill., 1,35,2,9.), by all means
Illyrian, first element of which is connected to lit. astrus, bullg.
ost `sharp' (c.f. akhorono to hariston kai kallistyn (Etym. Magn.),
as well as
2. Akrisios and
3. Balagros (H. Krahe, IF 56, 136) Macedonian mail name.
4. Candalio attested once, there is possibility to not be Illyrian
(H. Krahe, Pres. Lex., 227), but if it was Illyrian, it belongs to
Candavia about which we talk above.
5. Cleves and Cleus (A. Mayer, Spr. Ill., 1, 192), as well as
Clevatus-a, also
6. Vescleves, explained by W. Tomaschek (B B 9,93) as wesu-klewes:
Skt vasu-sravah `with good name', they have all element k'lew-, to
which corresponds also in other satem languages as initial phoneme
velar /k/, compare lit. klausyti `to hear'; Alb. quej, quaj `to
name' (<klu-), also Messapian kloahizis.
7. Epi-cadus, very frequent Illyrian name (H. Krahe, Pers. Lex., 47
v.), was related by Pedersen with Greek kekadmenos, Skt.
sasadana `triumphant, that is pointed out'.
All names have here represent Proto-Indo-European /k'/ as velar /k/
in position before r or l, respectively after /u/.
I. As examples of output with spirants of Proto-Indo-European
palatals /g'(h)/ are to be considered:
A. In geographic names
1. Adzizio (Tab. Peut.) station in Herzegovina and Zidian, Zizis
Rav. 3.8, in addition to Assidium, A. Mayer (A. Mayer, Gol. 24, 187:
Spr. Ill, 2.217; WP I 527) has posited it to Indo-European name of
goat, e.g. Got. gaits `goat', Lat. haedhis `little goat'.
2. Birziminio, Burzumon, Berzumno (It. Ant., 339, 12; Rav. 4, 16;
Tab. Peut.), today Podgorica was related by Fr. Ribezzo (La Lingua
degli antichi Messapi, 23. A. I.) and by A. Mayer (A. Mayer, Gol.
24, 163 and Spr. Ill., 2, 24) with Skt br.hant "strong",
brhati `height' < *berg'h-, from which is derived also the names of
one castle in Dardania.
3. Berzana (A. Mayer, ibid.) and
4. Barzanites (Gol. 24. 172), tribe name.
5. Bulsinius mons Tab. Peut. Rav. 4.16 (today Buzhanin, Buz-janin,
Buz- B&lz). A. Mayer has related it properly with High Old German
balko "sawed board", Rus. Belozno, Lit. balzhienas, pointed out that
mountains are often named deu to horizontally posited timbers (cf.
German Balm). I will add here also Alb. <pallzinë> `cut tree
horizontally for construction purposes', Dalmatian <blazina>.
6. daksa thalassa was related by A. Mayer with lit. daZai `liquid
for coloring', daZalas (A. Fraenkel, op.cit. 84 and MP I,
786) `sauce', so from <*dh/og'/h. . Here without doubt also
7. Ardazanos, river name that flows in sea edge' (H. Krahe, ZONF 4,
272).
8. Deksaroi Doksaroi, tribe name `inhabitants of seashore'.
9. Dessaretae, Dassaretai, Dassaretoi, a tribe dwelling between
Apsus and lake Lychnidis, connected also with daksa by Mayer (Ibidem
and Spr. Ill 2, 76).
10. Dizeros, river near Pola, close to Skt <dehi> `bank, bar',
Thrac. diza, dizos `castle', explained by N. Jokl as castle's brook,
where by all chances belongs Andizetes `castle inhabitant', so names
that contain PIE root *dheg'h-.
11. Massaron, Massarum, today mountain Mosor, belongs by A. Mayer to
the root *meg'h-i `big'.
12. Mursa, Mursella, Moursa, localities in Pannonia in marshy zones,
compare New Greek Moursa `hole' (M. Vasmer, Acta et Comment Univ.
Dorp. 1,3/1921.) was connected with Midle High German murc `rotten',
Alb. <mardhë> `big freeze', Russian moroz (A. Mayer, Nast. Vjest,
42, 68; Glo. 24, 176)
13. Zeta, river in Monte Negro, even very late documented (Zentae
regionem, Lejtopis Popa Dukljanina), but nevertheless the name of
town Senta (Plin 2.115) and the name of local deity in Liburnia
Sentona (H. Krahe, Pers. Lex. 103), seem to testify for antiquity of
the name. A. Mayer related it with Skt <juhoti> `to sacrifice, to
throw butter in fire', Got. giutan "to throw' and explained it as
g'heun-ta (A. Mayer, Spr. Ill 2, 127).
14 Bacantius (Plin. 3, 148) river name and station ad Bassante Tab.
Peut..As today's name of the river Bosut Bosot seem to indicate for
a previous Basant-(unt-). For this reason A. Mayer (Nats. Vjest.,
42, 46) has supposed that Bacuntius is a wrong reading instead of
Basuntius and connect it to Old High German <bah>, New High German
<Bach>, considering an Indo-European <bhog-> `running water'.
[Because we haven't here to deal with palatal /g'/, this was
rejected by Cimochowski.]
15. Rizon (polis Hillirias kai potamos), river name that stir up
many discussions. By N. Jokl was placed to Alb. <rrjedh> `to flow'
and Lat. <rigare> `irrigate' given as an example for Illyrian /z/
from /*g'/. By H. Barich it was related to Midle High German
<risel> `rain'. By F. Ribezzo the names Rhizinium, Rizon is related
to Greek Rikhnia (cf. Strabo. VII 331).
16. Dardanoi, Dardanioi, Dardaneis very popullar tribe in Moesia
Superior over the Axsios. His name was connected by G. Meyer and P.
Kretschmer with Alb. <dardhë> `pear' from *g'horda:, cf. Greek
akherdos `id.' EW, 60 and Einleit. In d. Gexh. D. Gr. Spr., 245)..
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