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Illuminating the Darkness: Albanian Roots of Erebus

Continuation of the article "Albanian Roots of Greek Gods" posted on June 19, 2023 in my blog.

In Homer's works, Erebus refers to the realm of darkness between the Earth and Hades. Linguists have traditionally attributed the origin of Erebus to Greek Erebos, via Latin Erebus, but its etymology has remained unclear.
Proposed Origins
Some scholars have suggested possible connections to:
1. Semitic languages (e.g., Hebrew erebh, meaning "sunset" or "evening").
2. Proto-Indo-European (PIE) *regw-es-, associated with darkness (also seen in Sanskrit rajas and Gothic).
Another theory links it to Proto-Indo-European *h₁régʷos. Cognate with Old Armenian երեկ (erek, “evening”), Sanskrit रजस् (rájas, “dimness, darkness, mist”) and Old Norse røkkr (“twilight”).
Albanian Origins
However, a more compelling case can be made for an Albanian origin. The Albanian word "err" means "dark" or "darkness," providing a plausible etymological link to Erebus.
"Err" (dark, darkness) of Albanian language according to Orel, Proto-Albanian *ausra (“twilight”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- (“dawn”) (compare English Easter, Latin aurōra, Lithuanian aušrà).
Synonym "terr"

The linguists do not see that the root of the word is just "err" and the form cannot come frome a complicated form like "ausra".
The modern methodology of etymology overevaluate the phonetic change, and neglect the primordial form of the word and its semantic.
It could be that this primordial form is the root of
1) "ereb" of Hebrew (combined with the Albanian language verb "bë" (to make, to do)
2) "dark" and "terr" of Albanian and English
3) "erek" of Armenian.
4) "rajas" of Sanskrit.

The word comes from a simbolic of the rotation of day-night which comes from the koncept of the rotation of "diel" (sun)
I think"diel" as word is build from the primordial sombolices :
-d as directional helper of the form "iel". The concept "to" of English
-i the symbolic of light
-el the symbolic of movement
The derivations of the word in Indo-European LANGUAGES are: 

OL>AL>EL>ER>ERR
OL>AL>EL>ER>RE
OL>AL>AR>RA

These roots have formed the koncept for
-dit/day (day in Albanian language means dayligh 
-the opppsite of dayligh "night' with of the negative "n". This can be verified by the words "nxi" (become black) and "nicht/nicta/night"
-light
-shiny
-hight
-god
-gold
-etc.
Format sufixiale are build with the help of verb "bë" (to do, to make) and "is/os/us/as/es" the third singular form of the verb "to be".
The verb "bë" is in the passive form which in modern Albanian ended up as "u bë" (become"
The algorithm is:
Err+bë+us/os/as/is
Even in the colloquial language of the Tosk dialect we use the word attached usually such as:
U ERR U BË PUS-(darkended as well) or U ERR U NXI "darkended as black" which can be deepened in conversation

Conclusion
The Albanian roots of Erebus demonstrate the importance of re-examining traditional etymologies and exploring the rich cultural heritage of the Albanian people. By doing so, we can gain a deeper understanding of the complex historical relationships between ancient civilizations and the evolution of languages and mythologies.


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