Explore: Pelasgian Names

The name Pelasgians (Ancient Greek: Πελασγοί, romanized: Pelasgoí, singular: Πελασγός, Pelasgós) was used by Classical Greek writers to refer either to

interpreted Bronze Age Greece as changing from a matriarchal society under the Pelasgians to a patriarchal one under continual pressure from victorious Greek-speaking

The name, however, is probably derived from an older language, such as Pelasgian, which was unknown to those who explained its origin. In his Names on

The name, like all similar names ending in -nthos, is pre-Mycenaean or Pelasgian in origin. In Greek mythology, the island was said to be named after

('tribe, people'). Later scholars proposed a relation of Pelasgian Teutamus with similar names that appear in Italy in later times. Tectamus was the son

Πελασγός, Pelasgós means "ancient") was the eponymous ancestor of the Pelasgians, the mythical inhabitants of Greece who established the worship of the

number-range that have received names, and explains the meanings of those names. Official naming citations of newly named small Solar System bodies are

the name to further extend to the rest of the peninsula. This theory connects the name Hellenes with the Dorians (and the substrate of Pelasgians) who

Zacynthus, which derived its name from him. The name, like all similar names ending in -nthos, is pre-Mycenaean or Pelasgian in origin. Zacynthus was the

Albanian names are names that are used by Albanians in Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, or the diaspora. In Albania, a full name usually