Where does “Dalmatia” come from?

Dalmatia (Finnish) comes from Latin Dalmatia, from Latin Dalmatae, from Illyrian delme — sheep.

Dalmatia (Finnish): Dalmatian extinct language

Definitions

  1. Dalmatian extinct language

Ancestry of “Dalmatia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinDalmatia—
2LatinDalmataethe name of an Illyrian tribe inhabiting Dalmatia
3Illyriandelmesheep

Words derived from “Dalmatia”

Every word from Illyrian delme →Every word from Latin Dalmatae →Every word from Latin Dalmatia →
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