Beskids

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Etymology[edit]

See Polish Beskidy. According to Albanologists Orel and Çabej, it is possibly derived from Proto-Albanian *beškāi tāi (“the mountain pastures”);[1][2] compare modern Albanian bjeshkët, plural of bjeshkë.

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Beskids

  1. A mountain range in Central Europe, running from Czech Republic to Ukraine along the Polish-Slovakia border, with its highest peak Hoverla at 2061 meters.

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  1. ^ Çabej, E. (1976). Studime Gjuhësore I, Studime Etimologjike në Fushë të Shqipes, A-O. Priština: Rilindja, page 68
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir (1998). "Beskids". Albanian Etymological Dictionary. Leiden, Boston, Cologne: Brill. p. X

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