Re: Attila (Was: Alanic horseman)

> Do we know if the -i- in attila was long or short ?
> If it's long, it might explain why a Greek speaker would
> write att-i:-la with accent on -i-.

I saw Greek spellings with e:ta - ATTHLAS, with acute over H. It's in
Priscus if I don't mistake. Which means, it was long [i:]. But why?
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This is really important
this name was something like *[atti:la].
Geminate -t- and long -i-.
It explains why the accent is on the long i:.

I suppose this *[atti:la]
is not coherent with Gothic, right ?

Arnaud
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