Reconstruction:Proto-Albanian/Tūrsanā

Proto-Albanian

Etymology

Either reflecting or possibly from Doric Greek Τυρσανοί (Tursanoí)/Τυρσανοί (Tursanoí), an epithet used to denote the inhabitants of the Tyrrhenian Sea (cf. Latin Mare Tyrrhēnum).

Proper noun

*Tūrsanā

Tirana (the capital and largest city of Albania)

Descendants

Albanian: Tiranë

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