#illyric

Andena/Andes/Andio/Antis — personal Illyrian names based on a root-word and- or ant-, found in both the southern and the Dalmatian-Pannonian (including modern Bosnia and Herzegovina) onomastic provinces; cf. Alb. andë (northern Albanian dialect, or Gheg) and ëndë (southern Albanian dialect or Tosk) "appetite, pleasure, desire, wish"; Andi proper name, Andizetes, an Illyrian people inhabiting the Roman province of Panonia.

aran "field"; cf. Alb. arë; plural ara

Ardiaioi/Ardiaei, name of an Illyrian people, cf. Alb. ardhja "arrival" or "descent", connected to hardhi "vine-branch, grape-vine", with a sense development similar to Germanic *stamniz, meaning both stem, tree stalk and tribe, lineage. However, the insufficiency of this theory is that so far there is no certainty as to the historical or etymological development of either ardhja/hardhi or Ardiaioi, as with many other words.

Bilia "daughter"; cf. Alb. bijë, dial. bilë

Bindo/Bindus, an Illyrian deity from Bihać, Bosnia and Herzegovina; cf. Alb. bind "to convince" or "to make believe", përbindësh "monster".

bounon, "hutt, cottage"; cf. Alb bun.

brisa, "husk of grapes"; cf. Alb bërsí "lees, dregs; mash" ( < PA *brutiā)

Barba- "swamp", a toponym from Metubarbis; possibly related to Alb. bërrakë "swampy soil"

can- "dog"; related to Alb. qen

Daesitiates, a name of an Illyrian people, cf. Alb. dash "ram", corresponding contextually with south Slavonic dasa "ace", which might represent a borrowing and adaptation from Illyrian (or some other ancient language).

mal, "mountain"; cf. Alb mal

bardi, "white"; cf. Alb bardhë

drakoina "supper"; cf. Alb. darke, dreke

drenis, "deer"; cf. Alb dre, dreni

delme "sheep"; cf. Alb dele, Gheg dialect delme

dard, "pear"; cf. Alb dardhë

Hyllus (the name of an Illyrian king); cf. Alb. yll (hyll in some northern dialects) "star", also Alb. hyj "god", Ylli proper name.

sīca, "dagger"; cf. Alb thikë or thika "knife"

Ulc-, "wolf" (pln. Ulcinium); cf. Alb ujk "wolf", ulk (Northern Dialect)

loúgeon, "pool"; cf. Alb lag, legen "to wet, soak, bathe, wash" ( < PA *lauga), lëgatë "pool" ( < PA *leugatâ), lakshte "dew" ( < PA laugista)

mag- "great"; cf. Alb. i madh "big , great"

mantía "bramblebush"; Old and dial. Alb mandë "berry, mulberry" (mod. Alb mën, man)

rhinos, "fog, mist"; cf. Old Alb ren "cloud" (mod. Alb re, rê) ( < PA *rina)

Im Croat, Illyricum is about teritory not people. Eastern Rome gave Panonia and Dalmatia (two parts of Illyric) to Croatian tribes, in exchange of Croats removing Avars and defending north part of empire from future raids. In later history, Illyrian and Dalmatian was often used as synonym for Croatian, not having connection to Illyrians or Dalmatians of antiquity or later Romanised Illyrians ( that population after avar raids was in small numbers, and populated some fortified dalmatian cities and islands, over years they totaly mixed with Croat population).