Open AccessÜberlegungen W. Bangs zu komanisch *kär balık „Acipenser huso”
Author(s) -
Michael Knüppel
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
acta orientalia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1600-0439
pISSN - 0001-6438
DOI - 10.5617/ao.4852
Subject(s) - huso , sturgeon , etymology , taboo , acipenser , philosophy , theology , fishery , art , linguistics , fish <actinopterygii> , biology , anthropology , sociology
The following article deals with W. Bang’s attempts to give an etymology of an assumed Qoman *kar ~ kär balık „sturgeon” to which he traces back a name of the Sea of Azov given in the „Chiliads” by Tzétzis. The author of the present article explains *kar ~ kär balık as a language taboo and gives an equivalent to this from Yakut (xatïïs „sturgeon”).