Editing Bebryces (section)

== Name ==
Classical linguists considered the name of Bebryces related to the thracian tribe [[Bryges]], which was later renamed to [[Phrygians|Phryges]] (Phrygians),<ref>[https://anastrophe.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/perseus/citequery3.pl?dbname=GreekNov21&getid=2&query=Str.%207.3.2 Strabo, Geography § 7.3.2]</ref><ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0137:book=5:chapter=41&highlight=mysi Pliny the Elder, The Natural History § 5.41]</ref> based on the geographic proximity, as well as the migration route of the Phrygians known from ancient myths.<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0064:id=phrygia-geo Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), PACATIANA, PHRY´GIA]</ref><ref>[https://time.graphics/period/3124876 Bithyni / Bryges / Bebryces Thracian Tribe — Phrygians (jan 2, 3000 BC — jan 1, 690 BC) (Timeline)]</ref>

B. Sergent suggests that the name ''Bebryces'' could be related to the Celtic tribes ''Bebruces'', living in the [[Pyrenees]], and ''Briboci'', dwelling in Britain,{{Sfn|Sergent|1988|p=346}} all ultimately stemming from [[Proto-Celtic language|Proto-Celtic]] ''*brebu'' ('beaver'; see [[Gaulish language|Gaulish]] ''bebros'', ''bebrus'', [[Old Irish]] ''Bibar'', 'beaver').{{Sfn|Sergent|1988|p=|pp=345–350}}{{Sfn|Matasović|2009|p=59}} [[Ivan Duridanov]] also suggested that the ethnonym was related to Indo-European words meaning "beaver".<ref>{{cite book|first=Ivan|last=Duridanov | title=Die Sprache der Thraker | series=Bulgarische Sammlung | volume= 5 | publisher=Hieronymus Verlag | year=1985 | page = 67 | isbn=3-88893-031-6 | language= de}}</ref>

The same word denotes beaver in [[Slavic languages|Slavic Languages]] (*''bebrus'' in [[Proto-Balto-Slavic language|Proto-Balto-Slavic]], ''bober'' in [[Slovene language|Slovenian]], ''bobar'' in [[Bulgarian language|Bulgarian]], ''bobr'' in [[Russian language|Russian]]).<ref>[[wiktionary:bobr|Czech Etymological Dictionary]]</ref><ref>[[wiktionary:bober|Romanian Etymologial Dictionary]]</ref>