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Zakoni is plural of zakon meaning law or order.Kosa is scythe and also hair in south Slavic.

Oh I found this now researching, it was helpful to me; People often say that dogs can't actually see what is going on when they watch television --but is that true? And what about modern TVs − does the higher resolution of the new screens better enable Fido to see what is going on? “They...

My puppy is 5 months old and so far I didn't knew they can recognize things on TV,for example if she see a dog,she start barking.Nowadays I watch world cup in football,so she watch a bit with me,she look at the ball cause we use to play with ball all the time,anyone experience like this?

The root of the word is *vojь others are suffixes, so you have; *vojevoda(military leader) *vojinъ (“soldier”) *vojьnъ *vojьna (“war”) *vojьnьnъ *vojьskъ(army) https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/voj%D1%8C

This tribe was attested from 7th century onwards as Baionitai/Vaionitai that region in sothern Albanian and Epirus called Vagenetia presumably by their name,so no arguments but this etymology " Vajuniti" was given by people that that is their job whether right or wrong,and of course in Greek...

Because of geographic proximity and given their history they were speaking language similar to Macedonian Slavic,if you find for example Kastoria,Edessa,Thessaloniki or other Slavic dialects in Macedonia or some in Albania to the south,you will see the similarity with Macedonian and Bulgarian...

"Ververitsa" is Slavic Macedonian for squirrel all other pronounce it "veverica" without "r". There is "sopa" for stick in Macedonian and Bulgarian,but Albanian "shkopa".Place names are given OK explanations,I will come back if I find something more about place names,likewise you can post.And...

They were not speaking modern Croatian probably,and their dialect would be more similar to Macedonian-Bulgarian Slavic instead.You use "vojska,vojnik" etc words from same origin like "vojin,vojnitsi,vojna" etc,so I guess you don't give good explanations.

Yes "glava" for head and "goustera" (gušter) lizard are Slavic,torva or torba is Turkish borrowing but maybe coming through Slavic intermediate since I don't know what other languages around pronounce it.

I don't know of such connection, but concerning toponyms they left out in southern Albania,or I never looked for Epirus they belong to Macedonian Slavic dialects.

Selio could come from selo meaning village,can you give some words used by local with supposed Slavic origin? Once I talked with a girl from Korinthia and she said that her village was settled by Slavic speakers in middle ages and she told me plenty of word that her grandfather was using,some...

"Vojin" mean soldier,plural "Vojnitsi" as was suggested by some for etymology of this tribe.Vojna" mean battle etc.See for example role of "Voynuks" in Ottoman empire https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voynuks

Well Macedonia want to be part of NATO and EU for decades but is blocked with veto from Greece cause of name dispute,and why always people bring ancient Macedonia,the region was known as Macedonia from 19th century onwards with clear boundaries,people got their identity through that region,we...

For me personally as a citizen of R.Macedonia,name like north Macedonia is acceptable, really not big deal there is many countries and regions around the world named South/North, however I am still skeptic as I think many people will oppose such a name on both sides,especially "nationalists".

Prior i used to have Sharplaninac,native dog from Balkans,Shar mountains.I think most people in the west don't know about this breed. This are guard dogs,perfect to guard a property,or farm and flock from predators,being huge is not easy to handle,prior i would advice to be familiar with his...

Labradors followed by Golden retriever's are most popular dogs here as far I can see in my country,this dogs are very social one of the reasons people have them.

Word can take many forms in daughter languages,related words are those mentioned.I see that "ambel",amel has also a meaning of sweet but cognate Italian "amaro" has meaning of bitter,Sanskrit "amla" sour etc,this words does not descent from the same root as "milk" in English for example which is...

You seem to have knowledge on linguistics, however the Albanian word "ambel", amel etc does not descent from h2melg "milk" but from reconstructed *h₂emros (“sour”), cognate to Sanskrit "amla" sour,Dutch "amper" the same.

That's all good but it seems that words for copper exists in PIE and later bronze,that was the point.The word "copper" however is not shared by IE speakers,Latin is "aenus" for copper and bronze.

Yesterday i looked for words for metals among IE and it seems that it was spoken in copper age; Many are taken from wiktionary including opinions of authors,with some words added from me; Proto-Slavic "želězo"(iron) Cognate with Lithuanian geležìs, Latvian dzèlzs and Old Prussian gelso.Has...