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Ἰλλυρία

Ἰλλυρία

Ancient Greek

Proper noun

Ἰλλυρίᾱ • ‎(Illuríā) f ‎(genitive Ἰλλυρίας); first declension

  1. Illyria

Inflection

Derived terms

  • Ἰλλυρικός ‎(Illurikós)

Descendants

  • Greek: Ιλλυρία ‎(Illyría)

References

  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,013
  1. ↑ Room, Adrian, Place Names of the World, 2nd ed., McFarland & Co., 2006, p. 163

Etymology

Of obscure origin, but possibly from a conjectural Illyrian root *is-lo ‎(“living”), though the sense is uncertain.[1]. Often said to be related to Albanian yll ‎(“star”) from Proto-Albanian *uslo ‎(“star”), if true then Ἰλλυρία might be the Greek rendition of Ilyrian *islu-or ‎(“star, lit. "the one that sparks"”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁usli ‎(“spark, hot ashes”), from *h₁ews- ‎(“to burn”).

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