Ime ilirskog naroda Dezitijata
The name of the Illyrian people Daesitiates

Summary/Abstract: The paper “The name of the Illyrian people Daesitiates“ is dedicated to the etymological study of the name of Daesitiates. The names of the Illyrian people (Delmats, Taulants, Dardances) is now associated with specific words in the Albanian language. This etymological research shows totemic origin of the name of the Illyrian people. Name of Daesitiates would also be linked with the Albanian term “dash” to mean “ram”, it is very possible that the ram was the totemic animal of Daesitiates. At the site Kamenjača near Breza was found a cult object that contains the head of a ram.

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