Maybe I should have put this thread in linguistics, but idk...
I found many toponyms and names of tribes on the Balkan before the Vth century that have meaning in Macedonian and other slavic languages.
So here we go:
Tribes:
Dardania - Dar means gift and dan means day (ia is common ending)
Bryges - Briga means care
Doberes - Dobar means good
Cities:
Stobi (ancient city in Macedonia) - the word stolb means pillar. The city has many pillars
Byla Zora - Byla is actually vila V-B in english, it could mean like Fairy and zora is morning
Scupi - it has two meanings expensive or gather
Pela - the word bela means white and b is so close to p, actually the same letter but one is sound and the other isn't
Pelagonia - pela is from bela and i don't know how to explain the word goni since there isn't accurate word in english
I found many toponyms and names of tribes on the Balkan before the Vth century that have meaning in Macedonian and other slavic languages.
So here we go:
Tribes:
Dardania - Dar means gift and dan means day (ia is common ending)
Bryges - Briga means care
Doberes - Dobar means good
Cities:
Stobi (ancient city in Macedonia) - the word stolb means pillar. The city has many pillars
Byla Zora - Byla is actually vila V-B in english, it could mean like Fairy and zora is morning
Scupi - it has two meanings expensive or gather
Pela - the word bela means white and b is so close to p, actually the same letter but one is sound and the other isn't
Pelagonia - pela is from bela and i don't know how to explain the word goni since there isn't accurate word in english