Vendum
Latin
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Illyrian. Ultimatily disputed.
- The spelling Vend- should be preferred since the initial a- could be a later Latin prapeposition agglutinated. Tentatively the name could be related to the nasal form of the IE root *ueid- 'to see, know', like in the Gaulish adjective *vindos 'white'. Actually, the town belonged to the Iapodes, often related to the neighbouring Celtic Carni. Less likely, if the original spelling was Avend-, the IE root *au(e)- 'to flow' could be invoked, more precisely, a participe form *auent- 'the flowing'.Sciaretta, Antontio. [1]
- From 1705 to 2004, over 60 different scholars have claimed that the modern Albanian language is descended from Illyrian.[3][4][5] This would Put the reconstructed Proto-Albanian Proto-Albanian *wen-ta as an ancestor to the modern Albanian word and Illyrian toponym. It is also the gerundium of Proto-Albanian *awena[6] However, lack of any incriptions may not be sufficient to sustain any clear identification of linguistic affinities.
Proper noun
editVendum n sg (genitive Vendī); second declension
- historical Illyrian city, modern Brlog in Croatia.
Declension
editSecond-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Vendum |
Genitive | Vendī |
Dative | Vendō |
Accusative | Vendum |
Ablative | Vendō |
Vocative | Vendum |
Locative | Vendī |
References
edit- ^ Antonio Sciarretta's Toponymy Ancient Toponymy. 2010. http://www.asciatopo.altervista.org/illyria.html
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998). Albanian Etymological Dictionary. Leiden: Brill. →ISBN.
- ^ Illyrian languages. World Heritage Encyclopedia.
- ^ Eric Pratt (1960). "Palatal before resonant in Albanian". Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung 76: 275–280.
- ^ Hamp, Eric Pratt; Ismajli, Rexhep (2007). "Comparative Studies on Albanian". Akademia e Shkencave dhe e Arteve e Kosovës.
- ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: Investigations into the Albanian Inherited Lexicon] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi