Open AccessLes noms mycéniens dans les textes hittites
Author(s) -
Nikolai N. Kazansky
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
emérita/emerita
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.116
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 1988-8384
pISSN - 0013-6662
DOI - 10.3989/emerita.1997.v65.i2.204
Subject(s) - hittite language , interpretation (philosophy) , linguistics , syllable , sequence (biology) , vowel , philosophy , humanities , history , literature , art , genetics , biology
E. Forrer's interpretation of Hittite mTawagalawa as a compounded Greek PN has been widely accepted. His equation mTawagalawa = ̕Eτεϝοκλέϝες, however, causes problems due to the presence of initial syllable ʼE- in Greek, a- timbre of vowel, and the sequence -ga-la- instead of -ak-la- in Hittite. It seems more plausible to segment the name as T(a)wako-lâwos which finds a perfect parallel in Greek PN Σακόλαος, `The shield of the people'