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Albanians call ourselves SHQIPTARES as in people of the eagle.
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As far as I know, the word "SHQIP" means intelligible or understandable.
So the "SHQIPTARES" would be "the people we can understand" or "the people who speak our language". That meaning of national or supranational word is common not only in Albanian, but in ancient Slavic.
"Slav", "Slovo"--Sound--->"the people we can understand"
For example, the closest Germanic neighbours of the Slav peoples are the Germans. Even today, they are called "Nijemci" or "Nemci", which means "the deaf ones", or "the ones whose language has no sense to us". Very simple comparison.
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Overall Albanians are a mix of Illyrian, Dacian, Thracian, and Pelasgian.
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Indeed, that is true. But no one can speak about the predominance of the "Illyrian blood" because there was no such thing. Illyrians are known to be ethnically mixed people. You can also add Turkic influence into the Albanian gene pool.
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Illyrian--Albanian
ren -- re
dard--dardhë
toka--tokë
las--lesh
mal--mal
vasa--vashë
ves--vesh
cuza-cucë
nat--natë
ara--arrë
frim--frymë
ra--ra
caj--qaj
nis-nis
roj--rroj
leh--lind (lehem in Geg)
venedi--vendi
hyll--yll
bardi-bardhë
fimia-fëmijë
lissius-lisi
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Today's Albanian language is most certainly a "satem" language, while ancient Illyrian language was most probably a "centum" language.
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Even our names are ILLYRIAN:
Agron
Arben
Teuta
Gentian(a)
Ardian(a)
Yllka
Gertian
Shkelzen
Madena
Arion
Bardhyll
Ilir(iana)
Alban(a)
Dardan
Ylber
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Can you please explain the meanings of the certain names? I know what "Bardhyll" means, so skip that part.