▁of ▁Il ly rian ▁or ▁Th ra cian , ▁but ▁rather ▁from ▁an ▁und ocument ed ▁B alk an ▁Ind o - Europe an ▁language ▁closely ▁related ▁to ▁Il ly rian ▁and ▁Mess ap ic . ▁This ▁is ▁why ▁Alban ian ▁has ▁non eth eless ▁in ▁certain ▁instances ▁been ▁able ▁to ▁explain ▁Il ly rian ▁and ▁Mess ap ic ▁words , ▁including ▁the ▁Il ly rian ▁tribe ▁Ta ul ant io i ▁: ▁Alban ian ▁dall ë nd ys he ▁( sw allow ), ▁the ▁Mess ap ic ▁word ▁ β ρ έ ν δ ο / br endo - ▁( stag ) ▁and ▁the ▁to pon ym ▁Bru nd is ium ▁( mod ern ▁Br ind isi ) ▁: ▁Old ▁G he g ▁b ri , ▁Mess ap ic ▁ ῥ ι ν ό ς / r inos ▁( cloud s ) ▁: ▁Old ▁G he g / Old ▁T os k ▁re ▁( cloud ). ▁Some ▁to pon ym s ▁that ▁follow ▁a ▁ph on etic ▁development ▁consistent ▁with ▁sound ▁laws ▁of ▁the ▁Alban ian ▁language ▁are ▁located ▁within ▁the ▁inner ▁B alk ans ▁such ▁as ▁N ish ▁< ▁Na iss us , ▁ Ν α ι σ σ ό ς ▁though ▁that ▁et ym ology ▁is ▁a ▁matter ▁of ▁dispute . ▁▁ ▁According ▁to ▁Georg iev , ▁although ▁some ▁Alban ian ▁to pon ym s ▁descend ▁from ▁Il ly rian , ▁Il ly rian ▁to pon ym s ▁from ▁anti qu ity ▁have ▁not ▁changed ▁according ▁to ▁the ▁usual ▁ph