Etymology

Beskids

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Today it means: A mountain range in Central Europe, running from Czech Republic to Ukraine along the Polish-Slovakia border, with its highest peak Hoverla at 2061 meters. Full definition →

Proto-Albanian *beškāi tāi
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  1. Proto-Albanian · derived from*beškāi tāi“the mountain pastures”
  2. English todayBeskids

See Polish Beskidy. According to Albanologists Orel and Çabej, it is possibly derived from Proto-Albanian *beškāi tāi (“the mountain pastures”); compare modern Albanian bjeshkët, plural of bjeshkë.

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