Messapian Words
| Messapian lexical item | Proposed cognates |
|---|---|
| Bréntion (from Messapian bréndon, bréntion) (Brindisi, Italy) |
Brindisi: Brin - Brinë (Horn in Albanian); Disi – Dashi (Ram, Aries in Albanian) Swedish brinde "elk", Latvian briêdis "deer", Lithuanian briedis, "elk", Old Prussian braydis, "elk", Thracian Brendike (which was a Thracian toponym located just east of Dikaia) Albanian bri, brî (pl. brirë, brinë) "horn; antler" . The Messapian word is glossed early as "deer", then narrowed in meaning to a deer's head (cf. Strabo caput cervi), then possibly by metonymy to its antlers in early Albanian, and by extension any excrescence, thus modern "horn". |
| Menzana | cf. Albanian mëz "colt" |
| penkaheh | Torp identifies this as the Messapian word for the number "five", from PIE *penkwe-, "five" (Lithuanian penki - five), (Albanian pesë - five) |
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