Re: [tied] Scythian tribal names

--- ravi9@... wrote:

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> Following this fscinating discussion, if I may add
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> What > was "Attila"'s real name?
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> Ath-la or Athi-la is a name found among the Jats in
> north India.
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> This name could have been carried down from the
> Scythian Influxes of
> the Sakas, Kushans, huns.
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> I suspect, that, for someone looking for Scythian
> tribal names,
> looking into names carried down in the India, may
> not prove entirely
> unrewarding.
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> When is this name Attila first attested ? with the
> 3rd/4th century
> Huns or does it show up earlier ?.
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> I look forward to the further results.
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> Regards
>
>
> Ravi

*****GK: Linguists to the rescue! I always thought
that "Attila" was simply a diminutive of the Gothic
"Atta"=father, hence "Little Father". Is an
alternative possible? Maenchen-Helfen has a large list
of Hunnic names in his work some of which he
identifies as Iranic. Could we go even further
southeastward (from a Central European
perspective)?****

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