Sllavizimi i onomastikës së vendbanimeve mesjetare arbane në arealin e Kosovës, të Nishit dhe të Shtipit
Slavization of onomastics of Albanian mediaeval settlements (domicils) in the areal of Kosova, Nish and Shtip

Summary/Abstract: The data brought out of the historical sources from archival depository material drown from archives of Raguza, Zara and especially onomastics material drown from archives of Istanbul and Ankara, clearly prove that Slavization of Albanian toponyms has been carried out in Middle Ages through calquing, translation and Slavic suffixes before settlement of Ottoman administration in Albanian territories. The evidence drown from these first hand sources in a transparent and undisputable way affirm (prove) that many proto-Albanian (proto-arbanas) toponyms had been created before settlement of the rule of Slavic-Serbian administration, as well as before Bulgarian one. Therefore, before XI century, at the time when Albanian territories, during the years 927-1018 used to be under mediaeval Bulgarian rule, at that time precisely it was laid the first foundation of Slavic toponyms, exactly before establishment of Serbian Mediaeval administration in Kosova and in other Albanian territories, anyhow before years 1186-1196. These Slavic stratifications in Albanian toponymy continued with a higher intensity during centuries XII-XV, as well, when the Albanian territories were occupied and administered ba Serbian Mediaeval occupiers.

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