http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/balkanika/ balkanika Mon, 31 Aug 2009 01:40:17 GMT prince_of_sarmizegetusa http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/balkanika/message/1278 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/balkanika/message/1278 Good day to you, I am a student in history and archaeology (Dacian period) and interested also in the topic of the Dacian Language. I would like to ask if you Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:43:54 GMT alexandru_mg3 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/balkanika/message/1277 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/balkanika/message/1277 Mersi mult. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:27:53 GMT Dada Mamusa http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/balkanika/message/1276 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/balkanika/message/1276 I announce to you the 7th and the 8th numbers of NEMVS Magazine, a periodic edited by the Sarmizegetusa Cultural Association . You can find the digital Thu, 02 Apr 2009 19:41:44 GMT Abdullah Konushevci http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/balkanika/message/1275 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/balkanika/message/1275 ... ************ There are just a few roots concerning the IE weapons, like: 1. *gWeru 'spear' or 'spit' in Celtic (OIr biur0 and Italic (Lat veru), but Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:22:08 GMT Dada Mamusa http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/balkanika/message/1274 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/balkanika/message/1274 Etymology rhomphaia term which, according to ancient authors, means a great sword of thracian is put in link with Latin rumpere * "break", "to break: which in Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:13:39 GMT Alexandru Moeller http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/balkanika/message/1273 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/balkanika/message/1273 ... so far I am informed, Thomacheck does not comment too much about this word but it remember it when he is writting about Rumbodona in his "Die Alten Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:52:45 GMT alexandru_mg3 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/balkanika/message/1272 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/balkanika/message/1272 Yes, we discuss more on the etymology of the words here... Could you indicate me where the Thracian rhomphaia is attested on the ancient texts, arheological Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:54:17 GMT Alexandru Moeller http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/balkanika/message/1271 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/balkanika/message/1271 ... Hi Dada Mamusa, this group has for long time no activity anymore and when here was one, we discussed more linguistic aspects. Yet, you are wellcome and I Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:55:33 GMT Dada Mamusa http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/balkanika/message/1270 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/balkanika/message/1270 Good day, I am passionate about ancient weapons, especially the Thracian and Dacian ones and I joined this group hoping that we could have an useful exchange Fri, 25 Apr 2008 19:23:27 GMT Alexandru Moeller http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/balkanika/message/1269 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/balkanika/message/1269 ... Marius, I did not write yet the article. I am just compiling data even because the rules which are given by the clasics seems to be a bit polished, speaks Thu, 05 Jul 2007 18:07:53 GMT Abdullah Konushevci http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/balkanika/message/1268 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/balkanika/message/1268 ... ************ -ik is common suffix as well in Albanian, in Latin, Illyrian, Romanian etc. There are to be noticed Illyrian place names, like Lopsica (see Thu, 05 Jul 2007 17:25:06 GMT Alvin Ekmekciu http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/balkanika/message/1267 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/balkanika/message/1267 ... I thought Lat. curriculum > Alb. korr(ik), in the sense of the gathering race. Alvin Wed, 04 Jul 2007 18:15:37 GMT Abdullah Konushevci http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/balkanika/message/1266 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/balkanika/message/1266 ... ************ Alb nus-kë 'triangular shaped talisman' probably from *snu-t-yo-ko, in close relation to Alb nyç, nyell, nyjë, that I think I have treated Wed, 04 Jul 2007 17:19:53 GMT Abdullah Konushevci http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/balkanika/message/1265 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/balkanika/message/1265 ... ************ There are many attempts to explain Alb tokë 'earth' with variant trokë 'surface, earth'. Most plausible is Çabej's etymology, that ties Alb Wed, 04 Jul 2007 15:44:50 GMT Alvin Ekmekciu http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/balkanika/message/1264 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/balkanika/message/1264 Hello ! Is there any known etymology for Albanian Tokë 'earth'. Regards Alvin E.