Re: -otis suffix in Greek and -opes

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Joao S. Lopes" <josimo70@...> wrote:

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> 1) Is there some study about the origin of Greek suffix -o:tis, in

Pelasgiotis, Hestiaiotis, Phthiotis?

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> 2) -O(:)pes was a common suffix in Ethnonyms and Eponyms: Pelops,

Dryops, Kekrops, Kerkops. I guess it would mean "man, people". Kekrops
could mean "snake-man", with Kekr- compared to Kykhr- in Kykhreus. Is
there any Caucasian or Semitic or Hattic word similar to -ops ?

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> JSL
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The name "Cyclops" (the one-eyed monster in the Odyssey) is analyzed
as *kuklos "circle" + *ops "eye", I believe. Perhaps the element -ops
in the above names also means "eye".

Andrew