Re: Res: [tied] Mycenaean A-RE-KA-SA-DA-RA

> Female form of Alexandros would be Alexaneira, not "Alexandra",
> that is a name too recent, probably from XIX or XX centuries.
> But a final -andra is present in
> Kassandra, what make an Alexandra possible, maybe this ANDRA was a
> Pre-Greek suffix, not related to Greek aner, andros.

It seems too widespred to be THAT young? WP claims it was used as an epithet of Hera (ie. "defender of men").

> And add to A(l/m/n/r/s) also final -i: A(l/m/n/r/s/i)
>
> A-RE-KA-SA-DA-RA < *A-RE-KSAN-DRA
>
> JS Lopes

Are -lr-, -rl-, -mr-, -ml-, -nr-, -nl-, -sr-, -sl-, -mK-, -ms-, -md- actually possible however? At least final -m isn't. That would appear to narro it down a bit, to:

a(R)-Re(l/n/r/s)-K[a(l/n/r/s)?]sa(l/n/r/s)-d[A(R)?]Ra(l/n/r/s/i)

Still about 2*2*5*3*6*5*3*2*6 = 64800 options tho, such as _alleskansadrai_ or _aregassadallas_.

John Vertical