Prishtina

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Albanian Prishtina.

Proper noun[edit]

Prishtina

  1. Alternative spelling of Pristina

Albanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Uncertain. Multiple theories exist:

  • Hamp connected the word with an Indo-European derivative *pṛ-tu- (ford) + *stein (cognate to English stone) which in Proto-Albanian, spoken in the region before the reign of Roman Emperor Trajan (1st-2nd century CE) produced Pristina.[1] Thus the name in the pre-Slavic migrations era would mean in the local Albanian variety "ford-stone"[2]
  • Ernst Eichler suggests a connection with the Emperor Primus Justinianus who is thought to have built the town of Pristina. He sees the term Pristina as a composition of his name.[3]

Proper noun[edit]

Prishtina

  1. (definite) Pristina, Prishtina (the capital city of Kosovo; district of Kosovo; municipality of Kosovo)

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Mehmeti, Col ((Can we date this quote?)) “This Time In Linguistics History: Eric Hamp and Albanian Linguistics”, in (please provide the title of the work)[1], Linguistic Society of America
  2. ^ Curtis, Matthew (2012) Slavic-Albanian Language Contact, Convergence, and Coexistence[2], Ohio State University, →ISBN, page 42
  3. ^ Namenforschung : ein internationales Handbuch zur Onomastik. 1. Teilband[3], Ernst Eichler, Berlin: De Gruyter, 1995, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 718
  4. 4.0 4.1 Loma, Aleksandar (2013) Топонимија Бањске хрисовуље [Toponymy of the Banjska Chrysobull] (in sr), Belgrade: Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, →ISSN, page 181