Prishtinë

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Etymology

Uncertain. Multiple theories exist:

  • possibly from Latin prīstinus (former; original; pristine).
  • alternatively from dialectal Proto-Slavic *pryščina (spring of water), from *pryskati (to splash, to spray); a corroborating reflex is attested in the Moravian dialects of Czech.
  • alternatively from Proto-Slavic *Prišьčь (of Prishek) (compare Kajkavian Serbo-Croatian Prišek and Old Polish Parzyszek, both surnames) + derivational suffix *-ina. However, this etymology has been criticised on the basis of presupposing a rare and relatively late word formation process.
  • Ernst Eichler suggests (a contraction of) the name of the Roman emperor Prīmus Iūstīniānus, who is thought to have rebuilt the town of Ulpiana, located near the modern-day city. However, the name normally appears as Iūstīniānus Prīmus, with the adjective following instead of preceding.
  • Hamp proposes a Proto-Albanian compound between derivatives of Proto-Indo-European *pr̥tu- (crossing) (> "ford" in some descendants) and *stoyh₂-n- (stone) (whence English stone, Russian стена (stena, wall)) which, with the language spoken in the region before the reign of Roman emperor Trajan (1st-2nd century CE), would have produced Prishtina. Thus the name in the pre-Slavic migrations era would have meant "ford-stone" (compare English Stanford). However, owing to neither supposed derivative surviving in modern Albanian, this theory is more tentative.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Prishtinë f

  1. Pristina (the capital city of Kosovo)

Declension

Declension of Prishtinë
singular
indefinite definite
nominative Prishtinë Prishtina
accusative Prishtinën
dat./abl. Prishtine Prishtinës

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Loma, Aleksandar (2013) “Топонимија Бањске хрисовуље ”, in Onomatološki Prilozi, Belgrade: Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, →ISSN, page 181
  2. ^ Snoj, Marko (2008) “Origjina e emrit të vendit Prishtinë ”, in Studime filologjike shqiptare : konferencë shkencore, 21-22 nëntor 2007, Pristina: Akademia e Shkencave dhe e Arteve e Kosovës, Akademia e Shkencave e Shqipërisë, →ISBN, pages 277-81
  3. ^ Namenforschung : ein internationales Handbuch zur Onomastik. 1. Teilband, Berlin: De Gruyter; Ernst Eichler, 1995, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 718
  4. ^ Mehmeti, Col ((Can we date this quote?)) “This Time In Linguistics History: Eric Hamp and Albanian Linguistics”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), Linguistic Society of America
  5. ^ Curtis, Matthew (2012) Slavic-Albanian Language Contact, Convergence, and Coexistence, Ohio State University, →ISBN, page 42