Taulantii

Etymology
From, possibly a misspelling of word meaning "swallow," from , cognate to 🇨🇬, as another ethnonym used was Χελιδόνιοι (swollow). The name Taulantii appears to be connected with the word dallëndyshe, from meaning "swallow". According to Demiraj, the latin cluster has evolved into Albanian, as in the latin loans prind < parentem, argjend < argentum, Konstandin < Constantinus. Later on, the initial t- has evolved into d- probably under the influence of the following -d-, and finally the intervocalic Latin -l- has regularly evolved to Albanian -ll-. Thus, the historically phonemic correspondence between Taulant and (modern dallëndyshë) seems quite normal

This connection is also supported by Matzinger, who is sceptic about considering Albanian as a direct descendant of Illyrian, but rather as a closely related language to it and Messapic.

Proper noun

 * 1) An Illyrian tribe settled on the coast of modern Albania.