Map of the geographical distribution of attested placenames with the -dava suffix, a Dacian word meaning "settlement" or "fort."
This article contains a list of reconstructed words of the ancient Dacian language. They have been restored by some linguists from attested place and personal names (toponyms and anthroponyms) from the historical region of Dacia.[1][2]
In the case of words reconstructed from onomastic evidence, the original meanings ascribed to the names in question are derived from examination of closely cognate words and placenames in other Indo-European languages, complemented by analysis of the historical evolution of such placenames.[3][4] However, the results are hypothetical and subject, in many cases, to divergent etymological interpretations.[5]
Reconstructions derived from Romanian and Albanian words that have not been attested to be Dacian or that have not been documented in Dacian territory are speculatively based on the unproven theory that Dacian constitutes the main linguistic substratum of Romanian and a closely related language to Albanian, a circular method criticised by mainstream historical linguistics.[6]
^Duridanov (1969) 90–5
^Georgiev (1976) 276–8
^Duridanov (1969) 12–13
^Georgiev (1976) 277
^Polomé 1982, p. 878
^Ledesma, Manuel Sanz (1996). Ediciones Clásicas (ed.). El Albanés: gramática, historia, textos. Instrumenta studiorum: Lenguas indoeuropeas (in Spanish). pp. 37–38. ISBN 9788478822089..
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and/or old-layer words in the Eastern Romance languages: Romanian, Aromanian, et cetera. See also the ListofreconstructedDacianwords. Significant cognates...
The Dacians (/ˈdeɪʃənz/; Latin: Daci [ˈdaːkiː]; Greek: Δάκοι, Δάοι, Δάκαι) were the ancient Indo-European inhabitants of the cultural region of Dacia...
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simultaneously, which makes a strong impression". He also reconstructedDacianwords and Dacian placenames and found parallels mostly in the Baltic languages...
Bulgarian (23), Latin (10) and Albanian (8). The cognates of the reconstructedDacianwords in his publication are found mostly in the Baltic languages...
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proto-albanoid" [Diellina, a Thracian-Dacian plant with a Proto-Albanoid name]. Studime Filologjike (1–2). Centre of Albanological Studies: 77–83. doi:10...
proposed a more detailed classification, with estimated dating for some of the reconstructed stages: Proto-Anatolian (diverged around the 31st century BC) Proto-Luwo-Lydian...
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early PIE predates 4500 BC, as the reconstructed vocabulary strongly suggests a culture of the terminal phase of the Neolithic bordering on the early...
or Dacian with any language, including Albanian." — Curtis (2011) p. 18(p 18) "The most probable predecessor of Albanian was Illyrian since much of present-day...
Paleo-Balkan group had participated in the origin of the Albanians vary between attributing Thracian, Dacian, or another Paleo-Balkan component whose language...
Cimmerians, they could have been a people of Thracian-Dacian origin with an Iranian overlordship, a mixture of Thracians and Iranians or a missing link...
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