How does this Alabnian dialect sound to you ? (Albanians from Drenica Valley)

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What term "Drenica" means in Albanian language?

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Originally Posted by Dušan

What term "Drenica" means in Albanian language?

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Dren/Dreni means deer, Dreni is also used as a male name by Albanians as well as Serbs.

Sounds like half Slavic half Iranic

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Originally Posted by Cleitus

Dren/Dreni means deer, Dreni is also used as a male name by Albanians as well as Serbs.

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Why does Drenica have Slavic suffix "-ica"?

I will tell you: Dren is Serbian/Slavic name for this plant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornus_mas.
And "Drenica" means place where Cornus mas grows.

What term "Kosovo" means in Albanian language?

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Originally Posted by Dušan

Why does Drenica have Slavic suffix "-ica"?

I will tell you: Dren is Serbian/Slavic name for this plant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornus_mas.
And "Drenica" means place where Cornus mas grows.

What term "Kosovo" means in Albanian language?

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In December 1274,a treaty was signed between the Anjou governor Norjan de Toucy and Albanian nobles, recognising Charles the first as their overlord. One of the signitaries was "Sevasto Tanussio Berissa" In the Dečani chrysobulls 1330,members of this tribe as mentioned as "Sokalnik". A member of the Berisha tribe was appointed as a bishop in the city of Ragusa from the Archbishop of Ragusa in 1342-44. Throughout Kosovo numerous microtoponyms can be found during the 14th century such as:Berishin Dol,Berishtar,Berishofc,Berishtani,Berishane and Berishiç. In 1348, Emperor Stefan Dušan mentions "Berisha's Field" as being near Mushtisht in Kosovo.


What about Nish ?

Linguist Radoslav Katičić proposed that the placename Niš is a Slavic and proto-Albanian toponym that evolved from the Ancient Greek Ναισσός.According to Katičić, only mediation through the Illyrian that is proto-Albanian language could give the final phonetic form as Niš reflecting the sound changes that Albanian underwent and was later borrowed into Slavic, indicating that at the time of arrival by Slavs (7th century) a historic (proto)-Albanian presence existed in the area.

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Originally Posted by Dušan

Why does Drenica have Slavic suffix "-ica"?

I will tell you: Dren is Serbian/Slavic name for this plant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornus_mas.
And "Drenica" means place where Cornus mas grows.

What term "Kosovo" means in Albanian language?

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My Ancestores used to have slavic names like Millosh, Toma, Vuke etc... also a lot of toponyms in Kosovo are Bulgarian rather than Serbian. There also are a lot of Slavic Toponyms in Albania especially in the south.