Re: Scythian tribal names

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: george knysh
> To: cybalist@...
> Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 11:27 PM
> Subject: Re: [tied] Scythian tribal names
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> *****GK: Linguists to the rescue! I always thought that "Attila"

was simply a diminutive of the Gothic "Atta"=father, hence "Little
Father". Is an alternative possible? Maenchen-Helfen has a large list
of Hunnic names in his work some of which he identifies as Iranic.
Could we go even further southeastward (from a Central European
perspective)?****

--- In cybalist@..., "Piotr Gasiorowski" <gpiotr@...> wrote:
> My opinion is the standard one -- whatever his Hunnish name, he was
best known under his Gothic byname "Daddy" (perhaps resembling or
translating the original, but that's hardly necessary).
>
> Piotr
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but see also
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cybalist/message/5966
although Piotr still isn't convinced.

Torsten