Un-Albanian development? What do you expect us to call a former Illyrian capital, regional center, Imperial town, Hod�r/Hodra?
Similarly, Shkumbin should be humbin? Sk- to shk- is an Albanian development. You think 100% of sk became h? Ancient Greek and Latin both shifted Proto-IE sk to k/c, while preserving it in other instances.
*shqerr - from dialectal shkjerr, from Proto-Albanian*skera, from Proto-Indo-European*(s)ker(H)- (compare Englishshear, Ancient Greekκείρω(ke�rō, �to shear; ravage, destroy�), Lithuaniansk�rti(�to cut, divide�)).
*harr - f
rom Proto-Albanian*skarna, from *skera. Cognate with Gothicus-skarjan(us-skarjan, �to tear out�), Lithuanianskiri�.
*shkrep� 1 - f
rom Proto-Albanian*krep-, from Proto-Indo-European*ker-p-, *krep-(�to crack, crash�), an onomatopoeic root. Cognate to Latincrepo(�to resound, ring, tone�). A formation with the prefix sh-.
*shkrep� 2 - from a
singularized plural of shkarp, a sh- prefixed formation from karp, from Proto-Indo-European*kṛHp-.
*karp� - f
rom Proto-Albanian*karpā, from Proto-Indo-European*kerp-(�to pluck�). Compare Lithuaniankar̃pas(�hack, notch�), Swedishharv(�harrow�), Ancient Greekκαρπός(karp�s, �fruit�). See also the name of the Carpathians.
*shkrumb/shkrum - f
rom Proto-Albanian*i�-kruma, with a non etymological -mb-<*m (cf. Romanian scrum, from Albanian) from Proto-Indo-European*krem, attested in Latin cremō(�to burn�)[1], or from Proto-Indo-European*skremb, *skr̥mb (cf. Lithuanian skrembti(�to crust over, stiffen�), Swedish skrympa(�to shrink�), English shrimp). Compare also Romanianscrum(�ashes�).
You�re probably confusing the Albanian development with the etymology of Scodra which is an entirely different topic unrelated to the Albanian urheimat.
It�s like saying Ancient Greek wasn�t spoken in Greece because Athens, Corinth, Larissa, etc. are Pre-Greek.
You also have to define time periods as in what do you personally call Proto-Albanian? Because linguists mention Proto-Albanian to show its contact with Latin from 2nd century BC to 5th century AD. So Albanian was in Southern Illyrian in the 2nd century BC but it�s not an Illyrian language?
What Albanian Urheimat are you talking about? 1600 BC? The urheimat could have been in Poland and Hungary for all I care. All those Albanian-Illyrian-Messapic cognates fall to deaf ears because you believe Scodra is not an Albanian development?
Looking at the counter examples of k- to shk- with a sh- prefix it�s pretty plausible to include Shkodra deriving from kodra/kod�r (hill) as a theory to say the least.
I�m starting to doubt Matzinger really said that and it�s rather your personal interpretation. Matzinger has been wrong before and has updated his theories, but the issue is people like you jumping into conclusions that fit your agenda.
I don�t need your respect, neighbour. But you�re talking about my language here and you�re throwing baseless assumptions.
You clearly called the language as Dardanian derived and not Illyrian, creating so many question marks as to when did the Dardanians/non-Illyrians migrate into Praevalitana and Epirus? Because it�s obvious they weren�t there prior the Roman occupation.
According to you Albanian got Doric words from these Dardanians who got them from the Macedonians, but not from the Southern Illyrians who were in direct contact (land and sea route) with Doric Corinthians and their colonies. Extremely plausible, CEO of Logic.
Now you�re probably going to twist the topic again and go into the pre 1200 BC era and mention the legendary Dardanians that even crossed into Anatolia to found Troy.
The Galabri (Dardanians) crossed the Adriatic and settled in Apulia, giving birth to what would be later known as Calabri. Remember, they were Dardanians not Illyrians because Illyrians had sk-.