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REVUE HITTITEET ASIANIQUETOME XXXI

1973

EDITIONS KLINCKSIECK

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SOME ANATOLIAN ETYMOLOGIES

For J. A. Kerns, in gratitude

1. In this brief article, several new Anatolian etymologies areproposed. Even though I have attempted to avoid duplicatingthe work of others, it has been impossible to consult everythingwritten on the Indo-European languages of Anatolia. Therefore,some of what follows may have appeared elsewhere. I f that bethe case, I beg the indulgence of the reader and offer my apologiesto those scholars left unmentioned.

2. Luw. (ace. sg.) palaasan 'shield' seems to be cognate withSkt. phalaka-m 'shield, board, plank' and Oice. fjol 'board,plank' (

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112 ALLAN R. BOMHARD4. Hitt. (nom-ace. sg.) purut 'mud, clay, plaster' and (nom-ace.

sg.) purute8sar 'mud' go well with Lith. purvas 'mud' and Latv.purvs 'swamp'. Cf. Friedrich 1952; 174.5. Hitt. (nom-ace. sg.) kalmara 'mountain' must be cognate

with Gk. xo:Awv6c; 'hill, mound'; Lat. collis 'hill' (

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SOME ANATOLIAN ETYMOLOGIES 1138. Hitt. (nom. sg.) kunnas 'favorable, good, right' and kunna!J!J

'to make right' are cognate with A v. spanta- 'holy', Lith. svefitas'h,_oly', a n ~ OCS. s v ~ t i i 'holy'. These may all be derived from IE*kwen-, *kun- 'to make right; right, good, holy'. For the semanticdevelopment, cf. Skt. pul).ya-/:l 'fortunate, pleasant, good, right,pure, holy, sacred'. Cf. Friedrich 1952: 116; Pokorny 1959: 630.

9. Hitt. (nom-ace. sg.) kussan 'pay, fee, wages, price', (3 sg.pres.) kussaniyazi 'to hire', (1 sg. pret.) kus!Ja!Jat 'to pay, repay' arerelated to OE. h[jrian 'to hire' (