Albanian in the Palaeo-Balkanic Indo-European branch based on the chapters "Albanian" and "Armenian" in Olander The Indo-European Language Family (en)
Toponyms that evolved through Proto-Albanian phonetic changes in late antiquity : 0 Drin (river); 1 Nish (city); 2 Shkodër (city); 3 Shkup (city); 4 Sharr (mountains); 5 Ulkin (city); 6 L(j)esh (city); 7 Shtip (city); 8 Mat (river); 9 Ishëm (river); 10 Durrës (city); 11 Vlonë (city). 12 Ohr from its ancient form required an early long-standing period of Tosk Albanian–East South Slavic bilingualism or at least contact before its first attestation in 879 CE. (en)
