Thread:User talk:CodeCat/Origin of the phrase Sica/reply (7)

Referring to a Sword Sica without mentioning the Slavic connotation is a serious misinformation for the sake of propagating a nationalistically oriented approach to the Albanian origin for whatever reason.

There are clear references to the Proto-Slavic, which is not attested by the connotations in a written form, but make total sense geographically and ethnologically. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Slavic

Proto-Albanian, on another case, is simply a stub, something that's not possible given the historic influence and geographic positions of the Slavic-spoken people in the region. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Albanian_language

There is no attested connection between the Albanians and Illyrians, and the phrase "Thika" derives from the phrase "Sica", which in turn got introduced to the Latin languages thanks to the Roman historians who wrote about the sword used by a different culture. Sica is NOT a Roman sword. Sica did not originate in the Latin language as evidenced by the historic reports.

Proclaiming that it is LATIN in origin is a serious misconception and a fallacy.

Again, Albanian language is not attested before the 15th century in any written form. Illyrian language is not attested in the history in any written literature work. The "Proto-Albanian" as a concept is ludicrous at best, especially since the phrase Sica got introduced to the Latin languages. In Albanian language it is a loanword from the Latin, but it is not originally an Albanian blade nor is the name of Albanian origin. Furthermore, the very phrase Sica would be the same on Albanian language, which is not the case.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sica

De Vaan did not study any Slavic language nor is he a good source on the origin of the sword's name since he only took the side of Latin phrases and sentences without mentioning any other Balkan people who had a different culture such as Dacians, Thracians and Illyrians. It is not a question of his reputation, but of his objectivity.