Written by Aleksander Hasanas. Translated by Petrit Latifi

Abstract

This text presents a comparative and speculative etymological analysis linking ancient pre-Hellenic vocabulary, Greek letters, and mythological names to Albanian linguistic roots. It focuses on the connective word “dhe,” the number eight and the Greek letter theta, and symbolic notions of unity and completeness. The discussion extends to the etymology of Delos as an island associated with light, the sun, and solar deities, proposing Proto-Albanian and Proto-Indo-European connections. The final section examines the name Achilles, interpreting it through Pelasgian heritage and Albanian lexical parallels, particularly related to speed, movement, and the anatomical concept of the heel.

Etymology of the ancient pre-Hellenic word “δέ”

See the photo and then the word ‘#dhe’ of Albanian from its dictionary:
DHE I connects.1. Used to connect two sentence members of a clause or two coordinated conjunctions or additions; e. Workers and peasants. Men and women. Young men and women. Old men and children.
DHE II pj. Used to emphasize or reinforce the meaning of a word, a phrase or a sentence. And there it was not learned. And tired four eyes still see better than two. fj.u.

And see JA. As well as and is used as a coordinating conjunction or addition, as well as, and. As …, (so) and is used as a coordinating conjunction or conjunction to connect two words of a sentence or two sentences of the same kind that are compared to each other; as well as, also.

Source: Wade-Treadgold, Nicole & Lloshi, Xhevat (eds.), Albanian: A Comprehensive Grammar.

The number ( 8 ) TET in the Greek alphabet

Did you know that the letter ‘θ’(th) called #thē̃ta is the name of the #eighth letter of the Greek alphabet, borrowed from the #Phoenician system. (?)

Meanwhile, in the Albanian language, the number eight is the number that represents the same value, including the sound, the form of “t+et -s”; ‘8’ and the meaning associated with the unity of two sets; “#Dy_Eta” – visual representation of two adjacent squares with four sides (edges).

The phonetic similarity between θη̃τα and eight coincides with or is an indication of an early phonetic evolution.

(S)et as a “unity” is related to the notion of connection or multiplication, with the idea of ​​a double unity ( 2 x 4 = 8 ).

In the ancient Greek alphabet, θη̃τα (thē̃ta) has been historically associated with the circular form of the letter and with the idea of ​​something complete or closed. The circle (or two circular sets) suggesting the idea of ​​collection or grouping, which can then symbolically be linked to the concept of two “sets” in a single set.

In this way, θη̃τα (thē̃ta) has a close connection in structural form and most of all in its pronunciation: 8 -Eight = Thē̃ta; the eighth letter of the Phoenician #Cadmian alphabet, which indicates a common linguistic and conceptual connection between these two traditions.

See the original etymology of the eighth letter in the modern Greek alphabet: θη̃τα {thē̃ta} Forms: Gen. θήτατος Demokr. 20, lat. pl. tetates aus θήτατες; sonst unflektiert; Grammar: n. (Ar. usw.), Meaning: der achte Buchstabe des Alphabets; Etymology: aus dem Semitischen, vgl. Hebrew ṭēth; dazu Schwyzer 140. Page 1,674.

ISLAND OF THE SUN – DELOS – Etymology

The island of Delos (/ˈdiːlɒs/; Greek: Δήλος [ˈðilos]; Attic: Δῆλος, Doric: #Δᾶλος), near Mykonos, near the center of the Cyclades archipelago, is one of the most important mythological, historical and archaeological sites in Greece. Etymology: The island of Delos (Greek: Δήλος, Dilos, meaning “clear” or “coming to light”).

Based also on the etymology of European scholars who have determined that #DELos’ means clear or #Comes out into the Light’ then this word belongs to the ancient Albanian with the meaning of Light, the Sun Zeus, his son Apollo who comes out above us or behind this hill on this island inhabited since ancient times, called by the same name DELOS.
From Proto-Albanian we have: *Delwa= SUN (Delba; Delwa; Delfa; Delfi) as well as from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“shine, yellow”), a taboo substitute for the original *sóh₂wl̥, based on a color objective. Cf Skt #hári, Lat #helvus, etc.

Not coincidentally in the Albanian language we have its words:
DALË as. see DALJE 1,2. The sunrise. At the sunrise of the city.

The time when a certain period is coming to an end, the end of a year, a season, a month, etc. At the sunrise of winter. At the sunrise of March. With (in) the sunrise… when it was coming out, coming out. It is with (in) the sunrise it is ready coming out, it is getting ready to come out.
DELEDUK m. As for deleduk: as for showing off, as for seeing others; as for the eyes and cheeks. DELL m.

anal. A union of strong fibrous tissues, in the form of an elongated tendon, that connects muscles to bones at the joints or at the place where they are embedded, tendon; #white, strong and flexible tendon, that connects bones or specific organs of the animal body. Neck tendon (of the arm). Foot tendon. Etc.
DALċ f.

A raised part that is clearly visible on the surface of something, a raised place; something that has come out sideways or outside a line, a wall, etc. The outcrop of the rock. The outcrop of the wall.
The outcrop of the forehead.
SHEEP f.

A small, chewing domestic animal with soft fur, that usually feeds on grass and is kept for its milk, wool, meat and skin; female ram. Black sheep. Rude sheep. Black sheep (muskë) white sheep with black patches on the head. Black sheep (raven, raven, raven). White sheep (black). Black sheep (bardhoke, kaçe). talk. Together with wool. A wool sheep.

The sheep became completely white, completely gray.
Investigation of ancient stone buildings found on the island shows that it has been inhabited since the 3rd millennium BC. Thucydides identifies the original inhabitants as piratical Carians who were eventually expelled by King Minos of Crete.

After the Persian Wars, the island of Delios became the natural meeting ground for the Delian League, founded in 478 BC, where congresses were held in the temple (a separate quarter was reserved for foreigners and shrines to foreign deities). The common treasury of the League was also kept here until 454 BC, when Pericles took it to Athens.

(The Mount Kynthos seen in the picture is crowned with a sanctuary of Zeus/the Sun. In 1990, UNESCO included Delos on the World Heritage List, citing it as an “extraordinarily extensive and rich” archaeological site which “conveys the image of a great cosmopolitan Mediterranean port”.

The etymology of Achilles

By Aleksandër Hasanas (Mili Butka)

In the work of the great Giuseppe Catapano “THOT PARLAVA ALBANESE” it is said that the first culture of civilization, that Pelasgian extended east from Iran, to the Atlantic in the west, from the Alps in the north and to the south of northern Africa.

Achilles was the Son of Peleus, king of the Pelasgians of Phthia and of the goddess Teti. Achilles comes as “Mirmidon”, meaning “white”, which may explain the culture. ofdressing in white. In today’s Albanian “Mirmidon” means: Winter – (Mirditor).

Achilles was also called “Aspet”, according to many well-known researchers such as Elena Kocaqi or my friend Orhan Rexhepi from Presheva, etc. they write that “Aspet” means, “He is Fast”. But the name Akil itself means anything, and I say that this name is a synonym for the word itself A’shpejtë – Achilles, fast, agile, combative, almost like a flying “Eagle” – Heavenly A’kile = A’qel.

His own mother at the moment of baptism, in order to turn him immortal, holds Achilles by the “bottom* of his foot and thus unintentionally creates his weak point, his mortal part, the bottom of his foot, the unwetted part, the “Achilles’ Heel”.

To continue explaining the name of our Pelasgian Achilles, I must first explain the word “Themër” which is the bottom part of the human foot, its lower part slightly rounded which touches the first “above the ground” = “Themër” there we have the origin of this word which explains several other words in the Albanian language but also more.

It is enough to remember the pure Albanian word “Thundër” = Fundër – between the bottom, so it is located at the bottom of the foot, this is due to the evolution as a word but also of the letter “F” itself which in many old writings and especially in the Etruscan ones takes the value of the vowel sound of the letter “TH” it is easily transmitted and heard as “TH” just like the very simple letter “TH” is heard as “F”, for example, more fa, more fash, more the i thash, more maf, math(dh) etc.

After this, I remember here the other Albanian word “Putër” i.e. the foot (p-udh’ ë) in this word it is enough to change or read the letter “P” = F which is easily replaceable and accepted in linguistics. Then we have, Puter = futter (ang “fut” = foot), (put/er, where t=s,(c) and then we have puc-kepuc, papuce etc.)

But the most beautiful thing that is worth saying, here we also have the origin of the “Greek” word “Pat-a, patao, patas” which means “step” I weigh on the ground, on the ground, on “tab-an” this is the part that the foot touches on the ground, it is precisely its final part of all living things with feet otherwise called “putra”-fundra – hooves – heel.

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