Re: [tied] Re: Ancient Macedonian

From: João Simões Lopes Filho
Message: 4624
Date: 2000-11-11

Maybe Macedonian was related to Phrygian or Thracian (bh>b)
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From: Mark Odegard <markodegard@...>
To: <cybalist@egroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2000 1:12 AM
Subject: [tied] Re: Ancient Macedonian


> > Hello, I am an Italian student really in love with Indo-European
> > linguistics! Now I am starting studying the ancient Macedonian
> Greek
> > dialect. I'd like to receive some contributions, some material,
> some
> > information about it. Thanks a lot! terraemotus@...
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> So far as I know, there is not that much available. If you have a
> text, it probably covers the subject as well as can be.
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> It has some quirks. Berenike ('Bearer of Victory') is a Macedonian
> royal name. Proper Greek would render this as Pheronike (?=Latin
> Veronica?).
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> It is admitted the name may not actually be Macedonian (albeit
> indisputably Indo-European), any could easily be a borrowing. If it's
> Greek, it would mean Macedonian was quite archaic, not having
> experienced certain of the Greek sound shifts.
>
> The evidence is scant.
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> Mark.
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