Origin of this Yataghan? (With pictures!)

Kubur · 18th May 2020, 10:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gp

They all are copies from....

the ILLYRIAN SIKA ☺☼☺

Etymology: Possibly from Proto-Albanian *tsikā (whence Albanian thikë, "dagger, knife"), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- ("to sharpen") possibly via Illyrian.
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You are a bit too much Albanian centered...

I will stay with the Greek kopis, same kind of weapon, same period 5 -4 BC, same area...

gp · 18th May 2020, 10:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kubur

You are a bit too much Albanian centered...

I will stay with the Greek kopis, same kind of weapon, same period 5 -4 BC, same area...

birds of a feather....

but as the Cellts passed through along the Danube...

might the origin not be a Celtic faceta...?

gp · 18th May 2020, 10:44 PM

jokes aside...

a legal download althoug I am aware that not everybody can read (Serbian) cyrillic, but worthwile nevertheless and recommendable;

"cold weapons of the Ottoman Turcish era: 15-19th century"

https://dlscrib.com/queue/hladno-oru...0d60b4272bb181

another legal download in English from an earlier era :

https://www.academia.edu/496513/Medi...o_Aleksi%C4%87

and some nice pics of an exhibition in Sarajevo:
http://www.novigradsarajevo.ba/news/...1522290?page=4

18th May 2020, 10:44 PM	#3
gp Member Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 925	jokes aside... a legal download althoug I am aware that not everybody can read (Serbian) cyrillic, but worthwile nevertheless and recommendable; "cold weapons of the Ottoman Turcish era: 15-19th century" https://dlscrib.com/queue/hladno-oru...0d60b4272bb181 another legal download in English from an earlier era : https://www.academia.edu/496513/Medi...o_Aleksi%C4%87 and some nice pics of an exhibition in Sarajevo: http://www.novigradsarajevo.ba/news/...1522290?page=4 Last edited by gp; 18th May 2020 at 11:03 PM.