Andis

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Andis was a personal[1] name found among the Illyrians of southern Panonia and much of northern Dalmatia (corresponding roughly with modern Bosnia and Herzegovina). A more frequently occurring variant is Andes. Due to this particular geographic distribution, the origin and the meaning of the name (Andis, Andes) may be connected to the name origin of Andizetes, a small Illyrian tribe whose home was precisely present day Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Andes and Andis resemble Greek names, with word endings of es, or is, as opposed to more typical Illyrian name endings of o, and on, like Andio, which were found too throughout the Illyrian territories, but predominantly in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Female versions of the name include Andia and Andena.

The closest, or the most similar corresponding word pertaining to the etymology of Andis, or Andes is the Proto-Albanian word Anda, meaning a strong desire, from which a modern Albanian word of Andja (desire, wish or lust) is believed to derive[2]. However, other etymological explanations might be valid too.

The name of ancient pagan god, Andinus (Deo Andino sacrum) is yet another word that has been related to this personal name.[citation needed]

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  1. ^ Wilkes, J. J. The Illyrians, 1992,ISBN 0631198075.,Page 85,"... the south and Ratiaria (Archar) on the Danube include a few names of Pannonian Illyrian origin, for example, Dassius and Andio, ..."
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir, Albanian Etymological Dictionary