Zu urindogermanisch sū- und einem Toponym in Lykien
The Proto-Indo-Europeans knew the wild and probably also the domesticated pig. The PIE word *sū- for this animal is widely attested, but not in the Anatolian languages. Instead, there is another word mūtamūti- in Luwian, and the Lycian personal name Medemudi is probably derived from it. However, the PIE word may explain the toponym Σοασ/α/ or Συεσσα in Lycia, as *Suwesi in the Lycian poetical language.
Authors
- Diether Schürr
Institutions
- Klinikum Hanau (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Philia
- Published
- 2025-12-31
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.36991/philia.202509
- Primary Topic
- Linguistics and language evolution
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00