Could be Greek Boio:tia (boio:tos) < *bHoi- ???
cf. Bajarix, Bojorix, Bohemia, Bavaria (Bajovaria), etc. Perhaps this name came
from another IE dialect (where bH->b instead of Greek ph). Boio:tos could be
equivalent of Boute:s.
Other ethnonym with this prefix could be Pho:kos
(<*Phoiakos < *BHoy-nko-), instead of folk-etymology from pho:ke: "seal",
or even Phaiax.
Is there some etymology for Thessalos (dialectal
Phettalos)? *GWHedHyalos?
Joao SL
Rio