Arbereshe del sud Italia

[Sideritis]

Arberesh Wedding

[caviezel]

gli arbereshe sono italiani, pochi cazzi. siggail viva il duce!

[Ianus]

It's the evolution of the expression 'gold made'. The predecessor of 'ar' was 'al'.
When al became ar, al-ban became ar-ban.
When ban became ben ar-ban became ar-ben.
When ben became bën ar-ben became ar-bën.
When bën became bër ar-bën became ar-bër.
From bër derives bërësh, hence ar-bërësh / arbëresh.
All the above words exist as names in Albanian.

The word 'al' with the meaning gold exists as part of several words:
* thes + ar = thesar. In a previous form it was thesal. Greeks as usual have added an 'os' to have thesalos. The sister of Alexander was called Thesalonica.
* ar + kemi <= al + kimi = alkimi - to have gold - the art of obtaining gold by transforming other materials.
* Italian word for morning is 'alba' = al ba => ar bër - gold made, because in the morning the sky looks like made of gold.
* And in Turkish altin means gold.

Since Greeks read 'b' as 'v', arban becomes arvan from which arvanit derives.

There are other arguments supporting this, but by theapricity standards this should be more than enough.

Alba come from Latin alba, derived from adjective albus which means White.

[Sideritis]

There is also this thread here http://www.theapricity.com/forum/sho...EBt-n%EB-Itali

[Tiberio]

Biancavilla (Catania)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biancavilla