Andis
Andisand its variantsAndio,Andes,etc., was a personal name popular among theIllyriansofDardania,Pannonia,andDalmatia.[1][2]The godAndinus– considered to have been theDardanianindigenous deity ofvegetationandsoil fertility– is also attested invotiveinscriptionsfrom the Roman province ofMoesia Superior.[3]The personal names are considered to be derived from the name of the Dardanian god.[2]
Due to a widespread distribution of personal names like Andio, Andis, etc., and female versions Andia, Andena, etc., as well as the theonym Andinus, which are found throughout the territory inhabited by Illyrians, a presumable root word would be*and-.The name may also be connected to the root of the tribal nameAndizetes,a small Illyrian community of Pannonia.
References
[edit]- ^Wilkes 1996,p. 85.
- ^abMócsy 2014,p. 254.
- ^Zeqo 2016,p. 14.
Bibliography
[edit]- Mócsy, András (2014) [1974].Pannonia and Upper Moesia: A History of the Middle Danube Provinces of the Roman Empire.Routledge.ISBN9781317754251.
- Wilkes, John J. (1996) [1992].The Illyrians.Oxford, United Kingdom: Blackwell Publishers Limited.ISBN0-631-19807-5.
- Zeqo, Moikom (2016). "Zef Mirdita, dijetari i madh shqiptar i formatit evropian".Studime Albanologjike.13.Instituti i Trashëgimisë Shpirtërore e Kulturore të Shqiptarëve – Shkup: 13–20.ISSN1857-6958.