Βουθρωτον and Βουθρωτος
Bouthrōtón, Buthrōtum was an ancient Illyrian city in Epirus inhabited since prehistoric times by the Albanians ancestors.
"Buthrotum" derives from an Illyrian word that translates as *bouthos in "Greek" and is related to modern Albanian *buzë (shore) and Βουθρωτον as *buzë-reth(circle).Bouthroton> boutroth(on)>bousroth>bous roth>bouz reth> buze reth (shore circle)
At the edge (shore) of the circle is located the city of Butrint.
Buze (lip, edge, shore)
At the edge (shore) of the circle is located the city of Butrint.
The edge/lip of the circle is the etymology of the name Butrint, a compound of the Albanian language words buze (shore) of the reth (circle)".
Buzë was an Illyrian word that is rendered as *bouthos in ancient "Greek" and is related to modern Albanian word buzë (lip, shore, edge)
Buze (lip, edge, shore)
Reth (circle).
CONLUSION:
"at the shore of the circle" is the etymology of the name Butrint.
PS: The Albanian standard of 1972 writes the word 'reth" as "rreth" with two 'r'.
rreth
Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *ratsa, from *rat(i)tsa, from pre-Albanian *róth₂iḱom, diminutive of Proto-Indo-European *Hrot-h₂-ó- (“wheel”), from *Hret- (“to roll”) (compare Lithuanian rãtas, German Rad).[1] Plural formation of rrath.
Pronunciation
Noun
rreth m (plural rrathë, definite rrethi, definite plural rrathët)
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