▁explanation ▁and ▁also ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁Il ly rian ▁lex ical ▁items ▁( top onym s , ▁hyd ron ym s , ▁or onym s , ▁anth ro pon ym s , ▁etc .) ▁have ▁been ▁linked ▁to ▁Alban ian . ▁ ▁W ords ▁borrow ed ▁from ▁Greek ▁( e . g . ▁ ▁G k ▁( N W ) ▁m ā k han á ▁" device , ▁instrument " ▁> ▁m ok ë r ▁" mill stone ", ▁G k ▁( N W ) ▁dr á pan on ▁> ▁d rap ë r ▁" s ick le " ▁etc .) ▁date ▁back ▁before ▁the ▁Christian ▁era ▁and ▁are ▁mostly ▁of ▁the ▁Dor ic ▁Greek ▁dialect , ▁which ▁means ▁that ▁the ▁ancest ors ▁of ▁the ▁Alban ians ▁were ▁in ▁contact ▁with ▁the ▁north western ▁part ▁of ▁An cient ▁Greek ▁civil ization ▁and ▁probably ▁borrow ed ▁words ▁from ▁Greek ▁cities ▁( D yr rach ium , ▁Ap oll onia , ▁etc .) ▁in ▁the ▁Il ly rian ▁territory , ▁colon ies ▁which ▁belonged ▁to ▁the ▁Dor ic ▁division ▁of ▁Greek , ▁or ▁from ▁contacts ▁in ▁the ▁Ep irus ▁area . ▁W ords ▁borrow ed ▁from ▁Latin ▁( e . g . ▁Latin ▁aur um ▁> ▁ar ▁" g old ", ▁ga ud ium ▁> ▁gaz ▁" jo y " ▁etc .) ▁date ▁back ▁before ▁the ▁Christian ▁era , ▁while ▁the ▁Il ly ri ans ▁on ▁the ▁territory ▁of ▁modern ▁Alban ia ▁were ▁the ▁first ▁from ▁the ▁old ▁B alk an ▁populations ▁to ▁be ▁conquer