Recent content by vetus

You are right Aberdeen, you can't decide if Albanians descend from some ancient group of people based only on a name. I'll give you some further info. Illyrians were romanised linguistically by romans after they were finally conquered in 168 BC. If albanians descend from illyrians, shouldn't...

As far as I know Arber or Arben don't mean anything in albanian language. Only shqiptar means something from the word shqipe which means eagle in albanian. You say Arber and Arben are derived from albanoi and they're loanwords. If serbs decide to loan the word greek tomorrow and call...

@FSB We're talking about the word albanoi, the tribe mentioned by Ptolemy the geographer. I gave you a literal translation of what these words mean. And they don't mean anything in albanian. You understand albanian and you know they don't mean anything in albanian, so you have to accept...

Hi LeBrok. I agree with you. I'm not saying that bosnians can't be illyrian at all. There were illyrians who lived in present day bosnia. Most of them were assimilated to slavic culture and language. They didn't just disappear. So yes you will find some bosnians who are descended from...

I'm really suprised when some albanians freak out when they're told they could be partly thracian. This is not something outsiders are saying. Albanian school history books say that albanians are thraco-illyrian. Some say thracians were greater than illyrians. If you ask anybody outside of...

Hi all. I want to talk about the word albanoi because it can point us in the right direction as to who is closest to illyrians. A lot of albanians think that because the word albanoi sounds similar to the word albanian, that it must be proof that albanians are descendants of illyrians. But...

Mal means mountain in albanian Mal does not mean black in albanian The albanian word for black is zi

You should've said this in the previous post. But you wrote only Arben to try to make a connection with a celtic word ben(according to you) that means mountain. Ben doesn't mean moutain in albanian. The albanian word for mountain is mal. Arben or Arber, either way, i don't see the connection...

Alb does not mean mountain. Alb comes from the latin word albus which means white. You can ask any scholar who knows latin about this. My answer is not simplistic and its 100% scientific. Old albanian name was not arben. Arben is simply a man's name. I know albanian 100%. Arben does not mean...

@Garrick All this nimrod stuff you have put is is strange. Its illogical nonsense. Incoherent. You said all this after i said theres no connection between illyrian and Slavic. Whats wrong with being Slavic? Are you denying yourself who you are or your forefathers? If you think you are...

Theres no such thing as Slavic illyrians. Slavs came to the balkans in 500AD. Theres no connection between Slavic and illyrian

@FBS The name albanoi has a meaning in aromanian(vlach). Its made up of the words alba + noi. Alba means white and noi means we. Alba is feminine. Alba would be used in a phrase like 'feata alba', meaning that white girl. Albu is the masculine. It would be used in phrase like 'ficioru...

I have found a thracian tribe called dii. Di in albanian means to know. There is also an illyrian tribe called kinambroi. It literally means you have defended us. Mbroi means defended in albanian. Na mbroi means defended us. Ki na mbroi means you have defended us. I think the word ki would be...

Are you saying that some illyrians were romanised and some were able to escape romanisation?

Some of your questions have been already answered by my previous posts. Like i have said so many times we dont know much about the illyrian language because it is dead now. Illyrians spoke illyrian before being conquered by the romans. After being conquered by the romans, illyrians speak...