Pre-Hellenic Loanwords in Ancient Greek
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The variants are not easy to explain etymologically, especially in view of the Doric forms that show -ι- for -υ- (but I'm sure someone can make something up through the Caland System if they try hard enough). Chantraine, Formation (1933: 216), already considered these probable prehistoric loanwords.
December 6, 2024 at 3:47 PM
The variants are not easy to explain etymologically, especially in view of the Doric forms that show -ι- for -υ- (but I'm sure someone can make something up through the Caland System if they try hard enough). Chantraine, Formation (1933: 216), already considered these probable prehistoric loanwords.
The Liddell-Scott-Jones lexicon, in its typical Victorian prudery fails to omit that Hesychius also mentioned their supposed erotic virtues.
September 12, 2023 at 4:24 PM
The Liddell-Scott-Jones lexicon, in its typical Victorian prudery fails to omit that Hesychius also mentioned their supposed erotic virtues.
Right, here's Watmough's nuanced take on connecting Etruscan φersu 'performer(?), mask(?)' with Latin persōna, which boils essentially down to 'maybe it could still be saved, but you would have to make a couple of non-falsifiable assumptions'.
September 5, 2023 at 9:24 AM
Right, here's Watmough's nuanced take on connecting Etruscan φersu 'performer(?), mask(?)' with Latin persōna, which boils essentially down to 'maybe it could still be saved, but you would have to make a couple of non-falsifiable assumptions'.